European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Years service in Hawaii were blithely trimmed the reason they said i was a a that is not altogether i am will ing to concede that i was for a or 12 Points but no heres Story when i enlisted in Honolulu on 18 years old and my Mother was residing she re turned to California a year later and still resides i argue that since i was a minor at the my Legal residence became figuring this Way and knocking off the Battle Star i want entitled i still would have 98 but to who was born in a and lived until i was 14 in and voted As a resident of am in the eyes of the army a and that not went to new Guinea in april and returned to the states in december having been stationed Here at Camp Wolters since my to tent i should have eight months foreign service credit but i have received the Only answer i can dope out for this is that Ive been getting foreign ser vice credit for time in i know a lot of gis Here who think they Are entitled to same but i never heard of any one else who got that my Case and Here i sit sweating it out and you sure can sweat in Camp Texas t5 Roger Given hitlers financiers dear yank in All this recent talk about the impending punishment of War i fail to find any mention of also including those French and other financiers who bankrolled Hitler Long before he came into perhaps the Man who hires a gangster is no longer equally or maybe those boys didst know what they were paying or Are such actions to be cloaked with a mythical legality once that line of reasoning is our tribunals will wind up with nothing to show for their efforts but a Van Der India t5 Prieth Barracks bags dear yank we Are members of a line infantry company and have been combat Al most continuously since the beginning of the Luzon upon being pulled out for our Only rest we found that our Barracks bags had been looted of not Only i equipment but also per Sonal is it not bad enough that front line troops such As we who cannot carry our Barracks bags with must be deprived of these contents even Dur ing the Short infrequent periods that such troops Are allowed to rest if our suspicions Are the Guys who Are taking this stuff Are the Fellows who Are so far behind that they already travel with almost All the comforts of and we feel that the least they could do is leave our stuff if any of you Guys who Are Reading this feel remember you Are Tak ing stuff from a brother Philippines Edward Pascal dear yank cant something be done about these Barracks bags and Duffel bags we have been living out of them for a Long time and i know others have been doing it longer than we Why dont they put a Zipper Down the length of the bag and have the inside made into several Large pockets in that Way items could be segregated and would be easier to the sides could be reinforced with Bamboo slats to keep the bag straight and give it shape when its Philippines Carlucci hours dear yank our at outfit was originally stationed in the North african theater and accumulated from two to 500 flying hours which entailed varied we Are not complaining about that for it is our duty and a privilege to serve our country to the Best of our we were then transferred to the India China division of the air transport we were Given credit for 65 percent of our flying hours and same applied to wards our credit for the required hours needed to Complete our Hump we had completed our Hump hours and were waiting for our rotation Back Araki in you just missed he stepped out on a Banzai Jock to the states when a regulation superseding the original one came out and we were advised that no flying hours other than hours were Given we see no reason Why we should be deprived of our hours flown in the North african we feel that there Are sufficient radio men in the states to take our places who would Welcome the Chance to India withheld chemist shortage dear yank an article printed in the Industrial and engineering chemistry Magazine deals with the alarming shortage of chemical this is Only one of the Many thousands of articles that have been printed on the same Many a remembering Britain similar policy in the last has viewed with alarm the drafting of the relatively few chemists to serve As Mere drops in the bucket on the fight ing while Russia and once bitten Britain take pains to main Tain their stockpiles of researchers for the to Date i am one of approximately 000 trained chemists and chemical Engi neers in the armed Are we serv ing As chemists and chemical engineers because our services As such Are not required in the the majority of us were tossed haphazardly into the in it is my firm belief that when Dis charges handed out we who have de Grees in chemistry along with practical experience in that Field should be among the first to be considered As applicants for these if nothing is going to be done about getting us Back into Industry where we can keep americas technological strength and supremacy where it i say America is on the Road to scientific Italy Earl detect oversight on Points dear yank i have noticed All the bitches against the Point system and i agree that mov ing problems have been aired but i am amazed that the most glaring oversight of the system has not been touched no provision has been made for the near sighted nearsighted men Are definitely Handi capped in love and they should be let out first so they can Grope around and get set up before the Normal sighted veterans come along and push them if you made this Clear to the in sure they would agree that near sighted men be Given the first a fair system would be 50 Points for each 20100 of defective As an exam a i like myself with 20200 vision would have a Hundred even though the divisors of the system seem to have been nearsighted in this i am sure it is not too late for their Over sight to be Eustace Mucins pm dear yank after spending tworan Dahal years in this area and being in close proximity with we have decided that any organization formed after this War must be strictly for enlisted we believe that any benefits we May strive for should be confined to enlisted men due to the fact that officers have had too Many privileges during this War including pay and they also have had the companionship of women in this area which was denied the enlisted if this caste system has been so Strong during the War i cannot Sec Why they should be permitted to join same the reason they will desire too is because of our numer ical strength and the Power we will have in lobbying for legislation to Bene fit the therefore any benefits we seek should be for enlisted men and the officers have already received their Reward in pay and Many of them will be Independent for the rest of their South Pacific signed by High Low up dear yank drag Forth be olde weeping Post shake out Yon Tea Sodden this glorified Yar Bird hereby registers his sober intention to bivouac on mail Calls he solemnly at tests his thorough familiarity with All phases of army he has been subjected to aforesaid Mili tary inefficiencies and just Plain Chicken excrement for just a few hours Short of 903 with patience has he conducted him in through harrowing admirably has he withstood the agonies heaped on his unbowed Pate and silently has he endured the scurrilous oaths and vile invectives which were his bitter lot Dur ing these insufferable Servile tasks and Ronenia inquires to plaintive an of 150 too intelligent for any thing save latrine it and and nausea at this late stage of the he expects no remedy just a reasonable explanation would be Satis liberation deliverance from the military his Only wish and following his he solemnly in Case of matrimonial prospects resulting in a Junior never to raise his boy to be a and should some forces of evil again throw us into similar conditions As exist he grimly affirms his in Tention of warping juniors mental capacities to that of Sonny absolutely will not be cursed with a hideous three figure sir a Mili tary classification Genius would stare incredulously at the boys super imbecile look up in Awe and reverently hand the lad a tech or Mas Ter sergeants softly uttering wonderful you exceed my rating by Over accept these Here for a couple Days until we can locate a Cou ple of Junior shall Triumph where his old Man once ignominiously failed the embittered of infamous deeds a awaits the receipt of the order of gnashed Teeth some piteous comr Adein arms May even tender the Cluster of a Joseph Tatoris heroism award dear yank in connection with the awards for heroism to the b29 Crew which shot Down 11 japanese planes Over the Jap Homeland and then crashed into the i would like to ask a if i read the who was a received the congressional medal of Honor while the Crew Only received the Silver Why the Way i look at the deed is this the Crew were All or almost All and therefore when their plane was badly damaged could have bailed out and been taken prisoners of they but chose to slay and thus contributing As much toward shoot ing Down the planes As did the what did the Pilot do that the other members of the Crew didst to receive a higher award just because he volunteered for the flight i dont think he should receive a higher the i was made not for the flight but for shooting Down the planes against overwhelming san Lekoy Henry