European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Yank the army weekly 1945 Europe from memory two promoted deserving second lieutenants May now be promoted to first lie tenancy without waiting for an authorized a new we policy makes that advancement possible for any second lieutenant who has been 18 months or longer in that the same policy was already in effect for authorizing their pro motion to pfc under similar the private and the lieutenant took seats at the bar at the same they haunt come in to but they started a conversation almost in said the not too the private didst really give a Damn what the lieutenant since hed just got off 16 hours of up and he was thirsting for a but he thought hed be so am he promotion asked the eyeing the Pri Vates undecorated said the Corporal or sergeant asked the just but i Haven had time to sew the Stripe mines a said the the private Felt a Little Loose after his double so he didst mind getting i was just beginning to he whether that was Well blitzed Gold bar or a new Silver just a Well blitzed Gold said the the Only Consolation i got out of being a second lieutenant for 29 months people always took me for a and now i dont even have to buy new the private lit a cigarette and held a match for the i think Treyve made a said the Pri flicking a bit of potato Peel out from under a i dont think ill be Able to hold up under the i was resigned to my Job As a permanent it was very Nice not hav ing to Tell other people what to and then to Day they come in the Kitchen and Tell me All Pri Vates whole been in Grade for a year or More Are automatically made Ive been a private for Over four at first Shock was almost too much to the first thing i did was to Send a Cable to my Shes a first lieutenant in the wac in i thought i could go Back to my potato Peel ing but they gave me a new Job right now i have to count the eyes in each in Peter Brooklyn army for this Page should be addressed to the Post the 205 East 42d new York y Ter it on a form and then turn the potato Over to a private who taken Over my peeling i hate paper work i said the my promotion was i cant say i was too Happy out on the Rifle but it had its Good i had a Nice Crew of Fellows with and All we had to do was paste up holes in the i kept the brushes clean and took care of requisitioning the sometimes i even mixed the stuff for the boys when they were too now that Ive been i have a new i have to see that All the empty shells Are picked up and accounted lots of paper work to that and i hate like hell to leave the crowd Back be Hind the seems like they just wont let you alone in the said the just wont let you said the i dont need the extra 16 Bucks a especially if it Means i got to give up Rny i dont need the said the my wife gives me an they  have done it to said the sighing they  have done said the recruiting Gordon Crowe after Dorothy Parker a service dance is not much fun with dancing ratio ten to comp Gene Wierbach the Soldier in his hands he holds the key of his his burdened the plodding stubbornness of his feet Are factors which determine How the panting fires of humanity will be set to him All eyes Are even the lowest and the mean watch breathlessly his if he should he takes with him the glories of a priceless childrens Security of the mothers the Beauty of All visions of a future throbbing in every and because in him lies with him goes All we and All that we shall he is the Prince of peace who fights to build our paths into the treasured realms of earthly Fletcher general Ohio Josephine Pagliai sideline quarterbacks i lift my i extend my thumb at those who beat the martial drum from the apparent safety of a room quite alien to a martial Keith Campbell youd be surprised the food it saves Jon Camp Nomen Cutie of w Collar so Rammin rack Micun Lam ukr Fri Pim Tii support v hmm pm own Amft Iii atom Studt come Pim aft azimuth firing pin Page 22 at our next lecture we will take up the advanced study of the Belt Sidney fort