European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The army yank is published weekly by the emitted 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 military provided proper credit is release dates Are observed and specific prior permission has been granted for each item to be 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 Tant managing Justus assistant Art Ralph Leo Fea Marion Fafa overseas at Hilary Ca associate John Margaret wac Ralph aah Max Barrett Merle aah Charles aah Mack de Howard corps sgt Saul aah Allan aah Reg Robert corps Ralph Pat aah Howard Ca Robert David aah David Durban Ca Sanderson Ca John Earl aah Francis aah Jack Ca Edmund Tom Lafayette aah Charles Deml Douglas Deml Dick aah Ozzie Roger corps Charles 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lower Cpl Wrenn Corse Ben 20warner 23uppvr Jolt Frano lower limited assignment dear yank our outfit has furnished a number of Good men for and it has been interesting to read some of the complimentary articles that have been written about the performance of men used for this the Side of the Story i want to Tell is about the Type of limited assignment Soldier we get to replace these this is a Headquarters company and the new men sent to this regiment come through Here for processing and assign ment to the various we get the first look at and they look selection is almost a matter of falling them in and counting off the number you these men Are a bit quiet when they they accept any quarters or duty without a avoid any reference to physical limitations and make us feel that they Are really anxious to become members of our our company has been in several Eto stations and had hundreds of men attached to it for various but there Hast been any group that Meas ured up to the Standard of these so called Battle other first sergeants in this regiment feel the same Way about these new men and have called to say something Nice about the ones who have been assigned to their my experience is that the american Soldier who is injured and gets Back on his feet is a real John Flannery automatic pics dear yank it is with great interest that we noted the news that All privates who have served for a year will be eligible to make pfc we of higher rank such As pfc feel glad for them because they Are not held Back by sorry As hell for ourselves because we it is a bit discouraging to see a private come up to the great station of pfc unfettered by any of the restrictions imposed by a for us who have been in the rank of pfc for Over a some cases longer think the army should establish a seniority whereby the Newcom ers would be merely pfc and us old timers would be senior and would be entitled to Wear a Small Silver Star within the v of our said senior Grade bringing Only Honor if not additional after All what would we want with additional when in but a few months Well Start drawing fogey pay anyway pee s p Mountain Home Idaho signed by Dilorenzo and dear yank the recent regulation raising unrated pm with Over one years service under their belts to pfc is indeed now something should be done for the men who Are stagnated As pics and corporals for years and too Many ratings cannot be dished out at but i believe some consideration or promotion should be Given to deserving i propose that if a Man has not had a promotion for Over one year he should at least be Given a raise in maybe not equivalent to the sum of the next higher but at least to a third or so of the such a move would indeed help raise the morale of those who happen to be in outfits where Are filled up for Long David senet san Bernardino better mess kits dear yank How about a few words to help the troops who eat out of mess kits All we request is gear that is no corrosive in Stead of the cheap thinly plated steel ones that must be regularly salvaged to pre vent an epidemic of the great Bend Sam Barrera signed by four forever Amber dear yank by directing further attention to that pile of politely forever i think you have done a Seri Ous disservice to every one of your readers who not had the time and Good Fortune to learn to distinguish Good books from bad in sure you know As Well As i do that miss windsors product is not Only trash but trash of the dullest and most insipid which any professional if he would dedicate himself to sex and the common Point of could write with the Aid of so much sell in As great Quantity As she i quite appreciate the newsworthiness of forever but As responsible editors knowing Well the influence of anything new on my sir pc Thomcil Al Connery Mere bestseller you should at the very least have had the conscience to let bad enough if you think that in these needs still another spot for gods Sake be so kind As to Point out that the most exciting sexy books Are among those which critics and Public alike have yank As you read thoroughly from cover to and i capable of considerable so my suggestion is that you devote some space in each Issue to a review of what you honestly think is a Good current or for think what rap Ture you might kindle by leading the detective Story addicts to the mystery fans to Poe and james3 turn of the the action lovers to Conrad and the comic strip fiends to Pickwick papers and the sex and Truelove devotees to Lawrence you take it from son Marcos Price suggestion dear yank before i go any i want you to know that this is merely a a few Days ago a Friend of mine received a letter from his wife informing him that he had become a proud two Days later he got a Telegram telling him the same and it was sent two Days before the being a radioman Rny i know that a Telegram certainly is a faster Means of conveying a message than a evidently there is a Lack of efficiency somewhere along the now Here is my i know for a fact that there Are plenty of Good 300and 500watt transmitters getting and there Are also some darn Good radio operators who Are doing things like laying wire and digging How about getting some of these unused transmitters and some of these mis placed radio Rig some Good antennas somewhere in England and get a 24hour radio service Between Here and the states for things like deaths in sure every i who has received a 10dayold Telegram will appreciate a service like France Forman amphibious tanks dear yank i sure do enjoy your Magazine very but Why Haven you Ever mentioned the amphibious tank Battal ions who take the greatest part in the in Vasion of islands i read yank on the in Vasion of the Philippines and there was not a darn thing about the amphibious tanks which were in the first i think we should get credit for its the infantry and Field artillery and medium tanks who get All the it makes us feel like we dont do anything at All in Philippines Pete Belak you didst read All of yanks coverage of the philippine it a Story by Ralph who landed at Taloban with an amphibious tank court martial tip dear yank for 15 months i worked on court mar tial matters at an army Post in to those who Are interested in knowing the main reason Why so Many convictions Are obtained by the it is because the accused Doest take advantage of his fundamental right to refuse to talk on the ground that anything he says May be held against in Many instances the at the i Vestiga talks his head thereby ruin ing any possible defense his counsel might interpose in his were the i who is in a Jam aware that the Burden of proving him guilty is upon the prosecution and that he can sit Back and not say a it is my considered As a lawyer and a that the percentage of convictions would be far in other dont at least not until advised by competent Alaska t5 Irwin Mast latrine pit doctor dear yank the recent letter from the latrine pit doctor published in mail Call should not go i am one after returning from 33 months Over and i like the doctors in the front lines and in the Forward hospitals Are doing a professional Job with justifiable commend to the i am ashamed to admit there Are than a few who Gripe because they had to give up Lucra to become latrine pit Doc these envy the others Lucky enough fit for unfit for insurance dear yank before i came overseas i passed a physical for a life insurance upon my arrival in the China theater i received notice that my policy was rejected because of a previous Case of syphilis before entering the i have had a number of Wasserman and Kahn tests taken and Treyve All proved i have consulted my commanding officer about this but he has taken no Forward Steps toward helping me with i have a wife and four children who Are de pending on me for if i were killed they would be left alone without i want to know if i am compelled to stay Over seas if i cant get any i would also like to know what i can do toward getting another policy and if i can get one or China withheld dear yank i lost my right Eye in an Accident a year before i was inducted into the at the time of my induction i was informed i was in limited service and  leave the so i Only took out i filled out an application for an additional before leaving the states but received a letter from the veterans administration informing me that it was turned Down be cause of my when i was Given my overseas the vision of my Glass Eye was registered As int it True All gis that Are overseas Are entitled to insurance Britain Frederick Gromer dear yank i have been in the army for seven years and never did have government i applied for it just before i came and it was disapproved because of physical yet i have already been on the front is it True that if the government wont approve insurance for me i should be discharged also the veterans administration in Washington wont what should be done Clarence Murfee dear yank one question i would like for you to answer for when i was in the states the army required All soldiers to take out Worth of i took it out three months before i left for two Days before i i got a letter from the veterans administration in Washington saying that my insurance application was that i was too i Only have if i am too Why did they bring me overseas my weight is India Thomas Mckoy dear yank i have been in the Burma India theater for a Little Over six months now and during that time i was under the impression that i had Worth of but recently i received a let Ter from the veterans administration which stated that my application for Worth of insurance had been prior to my coming across the sea i Only had Worth of when i got on an Over seas project i applied for the insurance to the Best of my knowledge i was receiving the full they even started Tak ing a deduction of out of my pay to cover the the reason the policy was denied me was because prior to my induction i had a social disease of which i was cured before my Induc at the present time i am in the Best of health and have recently undergone a Complete physical i have taken the matter up with the authorities on this base and they Tell me that there cannot be anything done about India withheld dear yank just received a letter from the veterans administration that i was considered in poor health because of at Titis Media chronic draining of my left ear and that my insurance premiums for the past four months would be returned to i feel that if in Good enough to serve my country they should protect my family by in Suring pm Good enough to pull Drill and All the but Little consideration is Given to my defects or in married with three Fine boys and will be 35 years old my next my right Eye is and civilian specialists have told me that it will have to be removed to save my left Eye by the time in please Tell me what to Asim very bewildered and fighting in the the officers Here say that it is Tough but that in in the Hows about it withheld the National service life insurance act provides that any person entering the military or naval service of the is entitled to apply for and without physical insurance up to a maximum of application for this insurance must be made within 120 Days after you enter the service or you lose the right to get the insurance without physical Examina once the 120day period has the applicant has to be Able to satisfy the veterans administration that he is in Good Good As defined by the veterans Means that the applicant from clinical or other free from or residual of disease or injury to a degree that would tend to weaken or impair the nor Mal functions of the mind or body or to shorten under present veterans administration interpretation of the a Man might be considered in bad health insofar As insurance requirements go and still be considered Good combat this Doest make like the writers of the above feels that our present insurance requirements Are unfair and that it is High time something was done about to be in hospitals in the both of these types demand personal advancement As if it was their and cry on each others shoulders because they Are Why dont they realize that teachers sacrifice a great Deal More and do not even rate commis Sions Why dont they realize that we Are All m this to win the not to jump from Grade to Grade Why dont they realize that preventive measures must be enforced to preserve the health of troops Why dont such doctors re Alize that a battalion surgeon has the Best Opportunity of All to give personal individual therapy to each and every one of his units with mental Effort As Well As with drugs the latrine pit doctor had better snap out of it and apply his pity to the deserving Soldier instead of to Logon withheld boy dear yank the i Joe which the associated press reported soldiers do not does not strike me being As offensive Ursida b a member of yanks marching spam club and such u authorized to sneer at yanks editors whenever he that their judgment is he is also authorial and urged to submit further gems of Arl Anil literature for Long As he shall remain an enlisted Man Bear in mind that a Stripe less fighting Man is the noblest work of to u March with an added Spring in his knowing that his future will be judged by yanks editors with a u u i a yank k4ilor marching and spam dear yank i am enclosing one of your super deluxe rejection which you can blow out of your right if Ive gotten one of these Ive gotten Ive never tried so hard to get into a damned Magazine before in All my and in entirely fed up with these idiotic certificates you insist upon sending and spam what a laugh i see what a Bunch of Heads maybe my stuff int Good enough to be printed in yank and i dont give a Damn about but for gods Sakes quit sending me these latrine the editors of yank May be Wiser than a tree full of and i dont know about but As far Asim concerned you can count me out on your practical my nerves Are on Edge and not from pounding a typewriter Britain s Urda As a term most officers use in speaking of enlisted for the past three years i have noticed that the majority of when speaking of enlisted refer to them As some of these officers Are so thoughtless As to address the men to their faces As you the fact that the officer May be somewhat younger than the Man spoken to apparently does not enter his i have often heard officers refer to the men under their command As a Fine Bunch of boys in a manner similar to the Way a rancher would speak of his Stock As a fat Herd of i wonder if the officer who talks like that really thinks of his men that websters Complete reference dictionary gives three meanings for the word 1 a male 2 a Young 3 a male a mature enlisted Man certainly cannot be classified As a male child or a Young he has no alternative but to feel the officer speaking thinks of him As a Call me i Joe if you want Call me Soldier if you care but for petes dont Call me troops in fourteen divisions and three special combat teams Are on record As being in the Philippines As of March according to yanks philippine they Are follows 40th infantry 37th infantry 1st cavalry Lith airborne 6th infantry 25th infantry 43d infantry 32d 33d infantry 38th infantry 77th infantry 24th infantry 96th infantry 7th infantry 503d paratroop regiment 158th combat team 112th cavalry act Italy m Samuel Galloway homely men dear yank its curious How most no matter How a Beautiful they Are them automatically shake their Heads in the negative when a homely Man asks them to the other evening i made it my Busi Ness to Date the homilies looking Fel Low i could find around he was so homely that even some of the widows who Are quite advanced in years  consider dating he picked me up took me to the Best places and was so polite that he made me feel just like Royalty the entire eve he was a very interesting conver and his dancing was right out of this i had a better time with him that evening than i had Ever had with any of those goo look cheapskates i had been dating he didst try to Paw me when he left me at the he kissed me Good night in a Manly Way that was thrilling and still not too ill Date him again and if he wants and when i see a homely Man standing in the Stag line at the ser Vic club i am going to actually ask him to Ive found its Well Worth the did it Ever occur to some of you snooty gals that people can be Beautiful inside As Well As outside Kelly Betty Hollis Soldier the following information on state elections was issued by the adjutant generals representative on Soldier voting election to be held june officers to be voted for Justice of 5th supreme court District circuit court judges in All circuit court districts judge of Superior court of Cook Soldier May use postcard application supplied by army at his request us wac form state will receive soldiers application for state Absentee ballot at any earliest Date state will mail Absentee ballot to Soldier april Date on or before which soldiers executed Absentee ballot must be received Back by appropriate officials within state in order to be eligible to be counted june primary to be held june officers to be voted for two judges of state Superior court municipal and county Soldier May use postcard application supplied by army at his request us wac form state will receive soldiers application for state Absentee ballot at any earliest Date state will mail Absentee ballot to Soldier May Date on or before which soldiers executed Absentee ballot must be received Back by appropriate officials within state in order to be eligible to be counted june 26 general instructions and information As to voting procedure in 1945 elections Are contained in circular m