European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The army weekly yank published weekly by the enlisted men of the army and it for tale Only to 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 to entire contents by Franklin Fossberg and reviewed by military main editorial office 205 East 42d new York editorial staff Mana Ilni Joe a Art Arthur Deml Assis Tant managing August aah assistant Art Ralph Leo Burtt Tom a overseas Al Hilary Ca associate John Ralph aah Max Barrett John Haver Merle aah William aah Mack de Howard corps Allan aah Reg Robert corps Ralph Georg aah Pat aah Howard Ca Debs a David aah David Durbin Ca Earl aah Frank Francis aah Jack Ca Edmund Tom aah Rudolph Australia Lafa Yette aah Chuck Deml Douglas Deml Dick aah Ozzle Roger corps Charles John Marvin Joe Bill Marlon a Hyman Robert a Dale my George corps Frank aah Roger Ca Jack Lionel Central Larry Ca George corps John Bill James Ted Deml Evan Wylle spic a scr Vernon Roberts u8nr Mason Pawlak u8nr Lon Tom Deml Oil aah Jack Deml Paul aah Justin rangers Robert Schwartz Harry aah Dan aah Nelson George aah Ira Dave Don aah Werner India Burma and Paul aah George corps Dave Ca Walter pm Jud Ray puerto Beer East persian Richard Deml Ray Gordon 8ftpipnk Donald Nugent if commanding Franklin fers executive Jack business North procurement Gerald overseas Bureau Charles Stahley assistant Harry Roberts Harold Hawley Central South Pacl fact Josua Eppinger Justus Cremor Howard Jack Silver assistant Harold Burroughs Grady Clay Frank Gladstone Charles Stubblefield Middle Knowlton Ames puerto Francis Sammons this weeks cover this drawing was made by Jack yank staff during the Campaign on it shows am tracks of the 1st amphibious marines shelling Jap held Naha with 75 my the a tracks were also standing guard against possible Jap infiltration from the other sketches by go artists Are on pages 2 through photo Kenny ii Sot John 14 Georgle Salvatore a Captain proposes dear yank i have been Reading yank for several years particularly the letters writ ten by men All Over the Many of the gripes Are purely local but in some cases there is a Basic fault revealed in the present setup of the recent events indicate that a fairly Large postwar military establish ment is being which will prob ably include a form of compulsory Mili tary now everyone to some that the present system would manage somehow for this but most of us think that a much better system could be i think it is time we got Down to cases and outlined what we think a really firs class sys tem would be consideration should be Given to the workability of other sys tems such As the Brit just to Start things Here Are a few of my own ideas 1 All except those in tech Nical services requiring particular train ing such As manufacturing Engi should come from the this would include West Point As the system of political appointments of officers should be Elim 2 All officers and enlisted should Wear the same differentiated Only by insignia of 3 All officers and enlisted should have the same Type of food in the same mess 4 All officers and enlisted should have the same Type 5f the Only difference being that there would be less men to a room As the rank 5 there should be no social differences because of All men being entitled to use the same recreation facilities no reserved seats for 6 the equipment allowed a Man should depend on his not on his the above Are a few Basic if the army is to attract a Good Quality of Man and Appeal to the average Citi it must have a democratic the old prussian Type of army is not suitable for use with intelligent discipline can always be obtained if the Job is presented squarely and fairly to the Industrial organizations have More complicated systems than the army and yet they do not need close order to instill in item 1 i exempted the technical service officers from the Gen eral qualifications for that was done for a particular this War has demonstrated that Victory is on the Side of there is a lot writ ten about the part played by science in this War but at the same time they go on drafting the Small handful of highly trained unless the role of Sci ence in War is fully this nation could be As defenceless As a baby even with men under Ive had my say and presented my pick it to de fend or what you but now is the time to do something about transform ing your gripes into Concrete Sugges Aberdeen proving conquerors or victors dear yank despite the fact that i have often read the different proclamations which we put in German and have even put them up it was Only the other Day that i noticed for the first time a startling discrepancy Between the Ger Man and the English in the famous proclamation its most important its punch line you might reads in we come As while the German translation reads Wir Kommeno als Ein Sieg reiches mean ing we come As a victorious which is not Only infinitely but also decidedly not saying the same when we go Back to the states we May say that we come As a victorious but to Germany we come As conquerors and there is a German expression which leaves no room for question and which is a True translation of we come As con Wir Kommeno als it can hardly be assumed that this discrepancy is the consequence of a Mere error in because too Many responsible people must surely have worked on and checked and checked again these then Why do we use Strong English and weak Ger Man proclamation 1 has been the subject of Many editorials in leading we Tell our people of the things we Are telling the let us Tell them then Germany John Jacobson cavalry recon dear i think we of cavalry reconnaissance troops have a legitimate Why Are we not entitled to an award with added similar to the combat infantryman which at present is exclusive for doughboy with All due respect to our gravel agitating with whom we often work Side by our task at no time is an easy mounted or As the Case May our missions in variably take us deep into enemy Ter Many times behind enemy we Are out there without support from other being the first to Contact the we can expect Al most generally find running into an or being Cut off from the 20 or 30 mites beyond Friendly is part of our daily to gain information necessary to com plete missions oftentimes requires engaging numerically Superior enemy ours being a highly specialized Organ the requirements and responsibilities of the cos and All personnel Are greater than in most ground aside from the fact that we have All had infantry Basic training and must be prepared to function As we Are a closely coordinated mechanized team with a com plete knowledge of the Overall Situa Tion of Aix we still have staff sergeants is platoon Buck sergeants As Section leaders and squad Leader corporals against staffs and Bucks in the a doughboy has a Tough Row to and a paratroopers task is a Haz ardous one the fighter and bomber Crews perform heroically up in the but they All have something to show for their trouble in the form of additional pay and How about the who Sticks his neck out a mile sweats it out on his out there in the Philippines by 15 of blackmail dear yank i have been noticing How Many future Dillinger and Capones Are using your mail Call and and stripes to justify their plans in they All run in the same vein you better give us a big Bonus or build bigger it is also apparent from the Vari Ous hair rained schemes that have been submitted through your columns that even if Pur government gave every Man a million lots of Guys would be unhappy because it was not two out of the millions of some among them will not get a Square Deal by every yet i am sure that we All know our nation will do whatever gives the most of us the squares Deal As to bigger bonuses or bigger jails i favor bigger and bigger jails because any Man who thinks in terms of Black mailing a la abiding people by such statements cannot be paid i believe right now that it should be made Clear to All servicemen that regardless of what our government no mercy will be shown in any Quarter if anyone tries any of that pseudo War hero gangster junk after the if any of those Guys who wrote those letters to yank and stars and stripes were in my i would immediately obtain the strongest padlocks possible for my a Guy who has the nerve to warn us now that he will not be honest after the War and must be bought off with a Large Doest strike me As a Guy i would Trust within a mile of my bar Racks bag if we Are going to Start throwing threats around of we cant blame a decent go fearing people for being refusing to pay Black and going ahead with a bigger jails Germany withheld children memorials dear yank news has reached this theater that Many cities of the world Are now Mak ing plans for elaborate and expensive War memorials and men and women in the armed forces of the world appreciate this i am but they do not agree with it most of them have tuttell me about the Wilt George George Tom Flannery