European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1945 the stars and stripes Tanki pour across Danube Span j7 rivals drama of Remagen in by Peter furst stars and stripes staff writer South of the april plies and doughboy of the seventh pouring across Dell men Bridge Rian the Story of the capture of Bridge intact by units of 12th approaches drama that of the Remagen the Bli Dike dash by Roderick Allens Force southward in and across the Dilli Gen Bridge the germans no time to organize any kind of defense along the Danube thus the defenders iof toe bavarian redoubt May be faced with an overwhelming Allied it Force weeks sooner than t didst cel Clayton of commander of the task Force which travelled 50 Miles in a single Day to take the Bridge before the enemy knew what had hit sow All i Nave to do is find the Man who took the Remagen Bridge and say to your Bridge have been but mine Myrman Jet planes Nodalo make it but Wop yesterdays shewing with 88s proved completely ineffective and didst even come within a couple of Miles r y no one Nad expected any Bridge across the Danube to be taken and even today ducks and other amphibious vehicles were crowding the roads of the j like a knife through cheese col task Force Tore Down the Road toward slashing through spotty enemy resistance like a knife surprised a enemy column of dilapidated trucks and 16 horse drawn vehicles and crashed into in utterly confused by me sudden appearance of the German trucks were being Knock de out with Tommy guns right and whue american Armor sped the Reddell of a platoon and Odleas Huston of an armoured were first on fee caught a few nazis and faced for the wires before the at each san and Huston Load six a each woman headache 12th South of april the Blue Danube caused some at division head Quad col Clayton of radioed in that he had reached the River an captured the Dilli Rigen Bridge his original message read have Bridge Over Danube and someone of the transmitter was poor English changed it to yanks Iii Perl japanese flank on Okinawa april 25 seventh seizing High ground near the Village of today threatened the East Ern flank of the strongly defended japanese defense Wall on Southern capture the Elevation was the first marked change the fiery front since the beginning of the a slut attack last when divisions of John Hodges 24th army corps Eai hed up to 800 Navy hammers defences since then fight Toj has been a slow and methodical Job of digging japanese from and pillboxes in their elaborate interlocking defense which extends four Miles South to the Ca Pital City i communique reported continued heavy fighting along the entire front with thai big guns of pouring hundreds of i tons of shells info enemy h apers Nal inspection of the said Fenselon Southern the of the Garrison of of Tiogo or has appeared to be and perhaps stronger than any we have tackled rt4t marines of the third who overran Northern Oki Nawa against Little landed yesterday on three More offshore islands Heanza and completing the cleanup of the islets around Oki yanks take Baguio Hills drive on Davao continues Manila Apfei Baguio Philippines Slimmer capital Man american Advance uncovers sortie of the Luftwaffe latest gis examining a Jet plane found hidden on the Edge of a Woods in Germany except for damaged it was in Good bombs Ami loaded gun belts were found beside it army signal corps photo pick Aback plane captured by the second first at the Merseburg bomb Laden ju88 was supposedly guided by Remote control by the Pilot a the me109 attached approaching the the ju88 could be released and directed by radio from the smaller trapped in by plunges f and lives j eighth of april 25 a 19yearold calmly it Aci Garet As he plunged feet Over Belgium trapped in the Tail Section of a flying fortress which was sliced in two in a midair lived about the Tion of the heavy bomber hit the ground Nomarch i with the Young gunner still puffing on his Olga ret eight Days later he awoke in the Hospital suffering from Noth ing More than a lacerated ear arid a ruptured blood vessel in Tail gunner explained we were headed for the marshalling Yards at Ulm and ran into some pretty heavy weather at the belgian i Felt a terrific and when i looked up i was face to face the underside of another fort it was so close i could have reached up and touched if inside sardine at first he tried to Contact the but there was the front of the heavy bomber was already plunging toward one member of his Crew escaped by bail ing but All others were medical men at the Ostend Hosp Tal provided the tall gunner the missing parts of the a belgian civilian saw the toil float to approaching the fragment he looked through the window and saw the body the civilian immediately called a Blacksmith who Cut the gunner but of the Tail Section and then bicycled ton Miles medical Lee orders cute Etc on com z military John com z commanding officers of Wpm fluff All of military in a letter to Lee declared that the ought of coming events the need for Good self control and Imp Cit obedience to orders is becoming increasingly he especially senior officers with taking the names of Junior officers who fail to Correct offenders f end of the Bridge and  of italian dynamite to if youd fire undo i crib was so wet a after the Bridgee had been Tatenda German Motorc Yohst any rolled across the River a that the nazis didst live there any capture be explained hed clothes and Haft come first German attempt to the Bridge came the same the Bridge was reached at and Shortl Yil afterwards three German planes tried to bomb but without the slightest Suc it estimated that Ftp prisoners were taken in the 50nale dash to the fending is All but in Amer ican Mit Carthur re ported Percy Sclar Mcsons 33rd held commanding positions i Thev pin covered Hills to the West and Southwest of the ruined one column moving Down Highway nine from the Little More than a mile from the Cento of the far to the on Mindanao other yanks pressed on toward the japanese stronghold of Woodruff 24th was fanning out North and East from the Road Junction of philippine based planes hit Jap anese shipping and Shore installations in Endo China and the dutch East b29s j Shell taken from its Buff Elk april 25 delicate operation in an unexploded japanese mortar Shell was successfully Fromi infantryman disclosed Sidney of new accomplished the operation with the assistance of it Richard of a bomb disposal v Cohen said that of a kidney wan but the patient left bos Pim in Good shape april 25 forts scored several concentrations of bursts on the Large Hitachi air Craft Plant near Tokyo yesterday and blew the factory All to returning crewmen b29 gunners reported that 31 enemy planes were destroyed or damaged out of 75 to 80 interceptors four Pupe forts were crewmen said one japanese plane strafed three parachuting american yesterdays assault was the first on the located at 14 Miles West of photos showed numerous hits Maui engine Assembly building and a Large Assembly building in the Southwest Corner of werewolves or Polar bears april 25 German Werewolf station said this week that the werewolves would never Lay Down their arms even if we have m no North in a Leker 10 Tjo manding Lac Zofcin com z hats requested that enlisted personnel1 be instructed to comply with uniform while on leave lit the Paris violations will result in summary coast ant fines will be imposed according to grades of enlisted i concurring in Lees the following generals have ordered men under commands to As sume High of appearance and disciplines 12th army commander Jacob de sixth army gov commander Carl Mander la Ger Lgeorge  army commander l William army