European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Yank the army weekly 1945 Birds of a Feather by Gorg Meyers the pm had cokes in that a Bunch of us Are leaning around sopping up our two bottle when old dog meat clears his Throat and starts remember ing about How it was in the old i should Tell you that old dog meat has been camping on this Island longer than anybody great old dog meat belch ing a Little from drinking his Coke Tot the Day i hauled my heavy onto the Beach at sleep ers i never figured id live to see a pm Here with Coke in and flashlights and cigarettes a Nickel a and jeez too bad old Bill Hobba got him self rotated and cant see them nobody says anything because you know old dog meat is off and pretty soon old dog meat goes on this old Bill he was a buddy of part of a cadre that was supposed to come Down Here for about three then report Back to Bill has heard a lot about what its like Down the so when we get on Board the old Fis Basket which is to bring us Down Hes got his bag loaded with Hunting Cartons of boxes of Candy bars and 15 somebody has give him the guff about How he can sell it All at a big profit to the mud faces in the on Board the old Fis Basket he explains the setup to take these old Bill Hobba i picked pm up around there All beat up they mostly and i got pm for about 10 Bucks this Guy i met who been at Munak says i can sell pm for 40 Bucks same thing on the you know How it is on an old Fis Basket coming Down the we Are 25 Days out of resurrection Bay before we sight this All this time there is a lot of craps and and old Bill Hobba has lost All his Candy bars and cigarettes and most of his but we can never get him to put any watches in the game theres one watch he wears All the Gold with Black face and White old Bill tells me this watch is the one his a and Sis give him for making the Grade out of High its a Fine Cost probably 50 or 60 several of the Guys on the old fish boat ask him about buying one of his Selling but old Bill holds he figures he can make More when the gang gets to our Island Page 14 the merchant of sleepers Cove where you wont be Able to get nothing old Bill has a Good head All by a couple of months after we get Here and Start getting set up in our old Bill has peddled every Damn one of his Selling watches and has a lot of Good offers for his graduation he tells me he has cleaned up a Cool and not Only but the cards has been falling his Way in the Blackjack game we run at old Melon head Johnsons old Bill confides in me that Hes already sent Home and Hes still got knocking around in his shaving i watch him close after sure old Bill just cant no matter who Calls the game or who handles the by the Middle of the Winter old Bill comes to me he says Hes sent Home another and Hes got right in his i notice Hes not Wear ing his a and Sisters and he tells me some Guy offered him 175 Bucks for it and he  the fact old Bill Hobba is now in the position of having so Damn much Money he Doest know what to do with and on this Island in them Days theres exactly place none where he can spend any of Hes afraid to Send More Home because his Mas bound to wonder How a Guy earning a month can keep sending Home so much theres Only one thing for old Bill to i Tell Bury his except a few Bones to keep old Melon head Johnsons tent and then go treasure Hunting for it in the old Bill cant Tell whether in joking him or so he goes out still i see him every Day and he gets Wor Rieder and you can see Hes going All off his not being Able to do anything with his dough except win Down and a Bunch of sad looking doggies come staggering out with their but there is one Sharp nosed Skinny kid who runs onto the Beach and stops by he rips open his Field pack and pulls out an old beat up Wristwatch with a Yel Low dial and a leather band that was All the Skinny kid Waves this watch in front of old Bill Hobbs and old Bill grabs at it and How much a want for it the kid takes a Good look at old Bill Hobbs face and kind of like a question Hun nerd Twentyfive old Bill Hobba fishes a Roll out of his pocket that would Anchor the Queen he licks his and i see his Adams Apple kind of he kind of what else you got one Day we look out in the and theres a ship and Guys coming Over the Side into Landing everybody takes a Gallop to the and when i get there in running along right behind old Bill pretty soon these Landing boats come in close and the ramp comes