European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The army weekly yank is published weekly by the enlisted men of the army and is for Sale Only to those in the armed pictures and other material from yank May be reproduced if they Are not restricted by Law or military provided proper credit is release dates Are observed and specific prior permission has been granted for each item to entire contents by Franklin Forsberg and reviewed by military main editorial office 205 East 42d new York editorial staff managing Joe a Art Arthur Deml Assis managing Justus assistant Art Ralph Leo Fea Marion a Dan aah overseas Al Hilary Ca associate John Margaret wac Max to Tom Barrett Merle aah Charles aah Mack de Howard corps Saul aah Allan aah Reg Robert corps Pat aah Howard Ca Robert David aah David Durbin Ca Sanderson Ca John Earl aah Francis aah Jack Ca Edmund Tom Lafayette aah Charles Deml Douglas Deml Dick aah Roger corps Charles John Marvin Joe Frank Deml Roger Deml Jack Deml Lionel Central Larry Ca George Sig corps John Bill James Bill Ted Bur Deml Don Morgan a scr Vernon Roberts user Mason Pawlyk user Lon Tom Deml dil aah Jack Deml Justin Harry aah August aah George aah Carl aah Dave India Burma and Paul aah George corps Dave Ca Lou Deml Walter pm Jud Ray aah John putt Richard puerto Don a James Middle Richard Nat William Pene do John Frank Navy Donald Nugent commanding Franklin fors executive Jack business North Supply Gerald overseas Bureau Charles Holt Harry Harold Hawley Centra South Josua Eppinger Justus Craemer Robert Strother Harold Burroughs Grady Clay David Gall Howard Carswell puerto Frank Gladstone Middle Knowlton this weeks cover insuring a Lull in the fighting for the Burma Road North of William Castleberry of Briggs compares pipes with a Chi Nese who lives in the Hills photo 3 George 6 lower a Lutr signal signal corps corps 2d ferrying group Center Lett in lower Acme lower Cpl Vic Herman i Reg Nast publications inc Ben a signal Brooklyn dear yank through All the months that i have been Reading yank and looking at that Home towns in wartime i have awaited just one suddenly there it in All its where in Brooklyn my neighbourhood Borough Hall with its old Tower and the noontime the the first movie House i Ever went to the my Sec Ond i Cut classes and in vested my warfare in a ticket for a front Row with the milk bar on the without its but still Fulton the citizen where i amazed and infuriated Many a dodger rooter by cheering for a giant and that spot where the building comes up to a where they bang up the base Ball Diamond to reenact the world series and Allstar Ball Kennedy and where i took my first tottering Steps Down the Road to alcohol the old fire with its Odd shape and the grand be build ing which All Brooklyn ites Point out with Luna Gran pop of All amusement no it was really a despite the kidding the old Bor Ough takes from radio de spite the undeniable wackiness of daily routine still get a certain attachment for the old place that you dont feel anywhere else in the and that two Page spread in yank brought it All Back to thanks a lot from a really grateful we dont have pinups on our Walls but Linda Darnell is coming Oft the in Ner top foot locker As of now and up goes Brooklyn Camp Dick Cavalli dear yank just read your latest edition and found lots of humor and news from my Home town of but Reading it to the boys in our it touched a sore in it it stated that More than Brooklyn ites Are in the armed More than any of 39 entire states have Given to the some boys from Texas thought this As a lot of especially when it comes from so How about giving us the dope who leads who and in what order these Guys around Here claim Texas is i say after Tell president Cash More in holding his end up and he bet Ter be Germany Elmer Perez official figures give six states the Lead Over in the order named new dear yank even though the Brooklyn dodgers were 42 games they Are still the Best team in both also i would like to remind you that the dodgers from a Section which you did not mention in your we Are not feuding with the Borough of Manhattan most of our trouble has come from the Borough of the Lake lure Donald Speisman dear yank in your article on you mentioned about what the Brooklyn Girts think of us Bronx dont know if you Are from Brooklyn or but As far Asim concerned i  be seen with a girl from Brooklyn on any from what Ive seen of Brooklyn they can give it Back to the and As for making Brooklyn a different in All for Why dont Brooklyn ites be quiet like the people from Staten Island also signed by 7th division dear yank one thing we would like to know whats going to happen to the 7th Divi Here we Are out Here in the Philip Pines with three major Battles to our 22 months overseas and probably some More and yet when we pick up yank we see where Fellows Are crying for furloughs for being overseas so they should be glad to be in places like Hollandia and lots of other places where they dont have to sweat out japs shooting at you every part of the night and sweat out your next there Are lots of outfits who have longer overseas service than the but have they seen As much action As them if they they we rent in on the real and that making the before this is Over the 7th division will have a Small amount of its original men which they left the states i wish the higher ups will realize this and leave the 7th there Are lots of trained troops Back in the states looking for glory and i know the 7th Doest want any part of Philippines pfc John Zakowski to Turret pinup dear yank we Are always for yours but we feel that your picture of Selena Mahri int what consider the Complete not that we do not fully appreciate the very Lovely face of miss that we but to us air corps gis that is like seeing the top tur ret of a plane without the land ing gear or anything in other we want to see All so to nothing at not just the but everything that goes with How about a full length photo Marianas Morris also signed by three Here it satisfied scandal sheets dear yank during the recent Days the newspapers Here have been making a Nice splash about the trials of the soldiers accused of ration and cigarette it surely seems like they take a special pleasure in becoming scandal sheets like Many papers in the we enlisted men of the 71gth railway operation battalion Are darned proud of the outfit and resent the constant mention units is it necessary for the name of the outfit to be constantly dragged through the mud just because of some of the mis takes some of the boys May have made Why Hast any mention been made of the swell record the 716th rolled up moving Materiel and supplies to the front the statement made before the court by one of the accused that we were sent out on the Road with no food and no arrangements for rest still some of the Crews have recently made trips to places where they have had to buy food with Money out of their own or go and sleep wherever they could find a everywhere we go we hear smart cracks about the million Dollar outfit being in with other and yet is no reason whatever for the Many of us never were Railroad but we think we have done a darn Good Job As such and Are very proud of the 716th and the record it has there Are probably just As Many thieves in other outfits handling rations and sup plies and yet the Cid seems to have singled out the 716th As its chief if then let them blast the name of every outfit involved All Over the so our folks at Home will not read Only about our outfits France of company c Gimme dear yank pay Day wants clothing cred it after being Day room wants Bonus instead of the or that is Gus air corps wants 20percent overseas pay after arriving Back in the Good old United Joe Footlocker is trying to get in on the dutch steady who had All his Teeth pulled trying to keep oat of the army but was drafted wants the army to replace them with Gold this is an example of what you read every week in i am regular army one of those who they say  find a Job in civilian life who is willing to Start from scratch after the War and look for a Job in a bathing suit if i have i have never talked to a selective ser vice Man yet who didst own his own a 1946 Auto and have a White Collar Job waiting for so Why dont you Guys who write this stuff in to yank Stop your crying Phrata Dale Vogler world peace organization dear yank the league of nations was organized with the purpose of forming a permanent let us not make that mistake War is As history so aptly with that fact in let us create an organization for the settling of the controlling of coalitions and All other factors which have a direct bearing on the ability of a country or faction to wage the purpose will be to maintain peace As Long As it is practical and the organization should have the Power to Rule with an Iron appease ment is they should have Power and Force to take action immediately against any movement that shows the slightest threat to what we Are today fighting it should stamp out the threats before they develop into an actual and thereby prevent a repetition of the tragic situation that has confronted the world of the organization must be invested with Large Powers to be there should be a method of controlling it to prevent it from becoming an absolute i can think of no better method than modelling the organization after our own democratic government with the substituted of the by the countries and for the Italy Melvin Koehn dear yank the boy in the army three years should have an answer to his alternating shoes problem referred to recently in mail Call i the problem if a Man is supposed to Wear his shoes on Odd numbered Days of the month and his shoes on eve numbered and is supposed to change shoes every what does he do when the month has 31 Days and he runs into two Odd num Breed Days in a the order can be complied with and both shoes and strings will Wear longer As Well As be More change shoes every on that 31day Wear the Cross laced shoes on the on the the next put on the other pair of shoes and change the laces to dont forget to change the laces in the other shoes worn on the theres a reason for the orders in this mans and compliance with de tails is possible in nearly Paul Chance dear yank we can understand the reason for the change of they May dry out but what we want to know just who in the Hells idea is it that the shoes be laced differently and is there a regulation regarding same the instep of one pair of our shoes Are painted so As to know which pair of shoes to Wear on what but now there is a notice on our bulletin Board with a cartoon from yank stat ing that the shoes be laced As Long As one pair was painted yellow in the so As to distinguish one from the just Why the idea of Dif Ferent lacing perhaps they would soon Tell us which hand to place the toilet paper kindly give us the Lowdown on this Camp withheld dear yank with unions setting Forth the argument that the costo living Index has risen and that their members Are entitled to increases in salary to offset this i am wondering who is going to take up the cause of i a Good Many of the men in the armed forces Are married and not All of the wives Are in a position to if the Cost of living has risen to the extent then it has also risen for i Joe and is a definite hardship on it seems her allotment is the Only thing that has remained dont you think i who already is shouldering his is being discriminated Panama Herman Schwartz discharge dear yank in Reading of All the consideration Given for discharge i would like to know what and How much credit is being Given to these men who were for Mer National to me it seems More than logical that National guards serving previous to the outbreak of War should be Given a nominal amount of consideration for i have never read of any allowance or credit made for this Many of us were in the lower age group and were relieved of our Chance for an which in the course of four or five years or longer will naturally curb our desire to re turn to school with the younger Charlie Ross Netherlands East indies stuck in the states dear yank in past issues of several gis were complaining about some of the gis who Are still in the states after being in the army for two or More Well i am one of i joined the army for a three year hitch in Haven been it is not because i dont want to go overseas it seems that the army thinks i tried to Volunteer twice in the last four each i was an essential Man or they  take rated the other i was Given a physical my number was 311 id i dont know what it Means and nobody else does a year i also took an exam and was put in d classification be cause my left foot has a double Bone Structure which looks like a double ankle heres the funny came in the army Over 4vfe years ago in the same what gives it seems like they were taking 4fs in i have been a Cook until a year i used to stand on my feet several hours a my foot didst bother it should have been a sort of now i am a mess sergeant in a Kraut the other a Telegram came to this Post asking for volunteers for noncombat duties i was told today i want i asked Why they  any reason but that All the required positions were it seems like they should give a i with Over four years service in this country a Chance but somebody Doest think i feel that being 24 years of not married and with no family i should at least be Over doing a noncombat i am sure that there Are several gis who would like to Trade places with me who have families and have spent their share of time Over How do you think i feel when some i who has been overseas for two years asks me How Long i have been in when i Tell him almost five he just looks at me and walks away when he finds out i have always been in the i Hope you publish this letter because other gis have said the same to t4 Robert Sanders pm purple heart dear yank there must be something radically wrong with the system presently used to determine who should be entitled to the award of the purple we have an officer who received a purple heart for a scratch received in his mad scramble for cover during an enemy strafing raid on an object about five Miles away from at his own he was shown on the morning report five Days later when he realized being an How dry dear yank this one is we get a pass to go to town and it is but in this same is a sergeants club for rear Echelon troops that serves Beer for members that is All but those i yokels stand in the window drinking this stuff and we who Are fortunate enough to be in a live outfit have to go around with our tongues hanging Germany Hetman Mack and he says he was to have been discharged in he might be Able to promote himself a purple his injury was described As a two Inch abrasion on the for which he definitely was not the med ical treatment necessary to pull this offi cer through his1 crisis consisted of a Square pad of Gauze held on with Adhe Sive tape which was removed the next As recovery seemed the award of the purple heart in this Case is a direct insult to the Many men who have earned purple hearts in the past and will continue to earn them in the definite Steps should be taken by the War department to see that such unearned decorations Are not awarded in the withheld Marianas islands regular army dear yank the army and Navy journal for 27 carried an article that is of vital importance to every regular army officer and enlisted Man in the service on Page columns 2 and is a motion put Forward to Congress Bennett of Missouri to Grant All commissioned officers and enlisted men of the regular establishment who remain in Active service after the present War a permanent appointment in the highest rank held during the War and to Advance them one Grade just prior to retirement from Active double time for pres ent War service shall be credited for determining right to the regular army personnel of this would appreciate it very much if yank would print this letter and invite comment from regular army throughout the John signed by 48 other Navy overseas Stripe dear yank i see that the army has what they Call overseas stripes and has had for some How about the Navy we deserve them just As much As give one it to aleutians h Anderson em3c silly servicemen dear yank just finished hearing a radio program tonight called be seated and kind of got my Dander up after the Fol lowing one of the big laugh stunts had a couple of servicemen who both donned baby bonnets and sucked milk from a bottle with a nipple the one who finished first to get Welt i dont remember which one won the contest but what really made me blow my top was that a couple of men in uniform would have so Little consideration or tact for their respective branches of service As to act the part of fools in front of a Bunch of old bags who them selves could do something More vital to the War Effort than to take part in silly radio this is Only one of the Many programs where they have servicemen act the Ive heard and seen no wonder the Jap and others think were after stuff like we should expect in european coun tries soldiers Are looked up to with or at least there treated like because they act like it people take us for a Bunch of Apple knockers and mostly because Guys like the two on that program play the lets Clamp Down on this be  stuff till after the then we can Roll up Pur pants and go wading in the water with the rest of the kids or Joseph Miller municipal machine gun belts dear yank May i got the conniption tit not too Long ago and started the Brilliant idea of cloth belts for machine gun bullets who let them go through with anything so idiotic there is nothing like the Metal and we want them the shells wont even stay in the cloth Belt when it is being we wont even try to men Tion the mess when you try firing were still getting As we can throw the shells rather accurately As we have practice up on but we Are starting to have dizzy Dean Trou ble with our arms from wed much rather use the guns for firing the bullets Asim sure they were built Tor that Pur Germany Leonard signed by civil service dear yank Here is an item that might arouse in Terest of other readers of mail Call who intend to go into civil service after the How about introducing a Bill in Congress whereby time spent in the armed forces would count toward retire ment in civil service the four years Ive spent in the Navy ill undoubtedly have More before i get out would really mean a lot some 20 years from Pacific Demarrais karmic cute censors dear yank i have returned from so i am speaking for the boys i left Over before we left to go the censorship officer told us there would be Only one and that he want sup posed to mention anything that he had read in but when we got overseas they  act decent about it All four of the company officers had to censor the it makes a Guy feel pretty funny to pass the officers tent and see them All sitting around the table censoring mail and laughing to each other about what they have it makes the Guy think it might be his letter there laughing i dont suppose there is anything to be done about but then we think its pretty Low for All the officers to read what a Man writes withheld army Navy Central hot