European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weekly yank is published weekly by the entitled men of the army and it for these in the armed pictures and Ether from yank May be reproduced if they Are not res trusted by Law or military provided proper credit release dates Are observed and prior permission has been wanted for each item entire contents by Franklin Bora and reviewed by military main editorial office 205 East 42d new York editorial staff managing Joe a Art Art Deml assistant Man Aetna a fint aah assistant Art Ralph Lee Burtt Bill overseas at Hilary Ca Navy Donald Nugent associate Ralph aah John Merle aah Max Barren John hair Jbv of w mov Mim m aah Georae corps Frank aah Douglas Deml Reader Ca sat Marvin Marion a Dale my Robert a John cd nth Deml Lionel Robert Bill Hyman Tom corps James corps Joe Central Tom Deml Larry me Ca Bill Georae corps Ted Deml Mason Paw Lac user Roberts u8nr Evan Wylie James Oil aah Jack Deml 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Democrat from has introduced a Bill to give All discharged enlisted men one years Back pay in monthly the venerable legislator doubtlessly Means Well but he is sadly misinformed As to every soldiers in of to duties there Are plenty of High ranking noncom who Are Riding the Gravy train in air corps ground units and noncombatant their base pay amounts to much More than that of some Pri Vates and corporals who risk their lives for a master sergeant receives about three times As much pay As a private remember that privates May be Crew members in bomb of How about those Lofrank ing boys in Foxholes in the Pacific i have been overseas for the past 16 months and firmly believe that if any one should receive the Lions Shafe it should be the boys who Are giving their All up there in the front Tunisia Alfred Dunn dear yank a Bill such As Guffey would Cost the taxpayers and Well be Mem Bers of the Loyal order of taxpayers upon discharge a negligible amount As com pared to the present expenditures for a global you might compare it to a lend lease to a foreign country it would be a lend lease to us to get on our no doubt there will Many and diverse ways for corporations to finagle us out of guaranteed work and there obviously be a difficult transition involved in getting wage earning women out of our supposedly guaranteed a Bill such As if would Aid tremendously in carrying us Over three it would add Materi ally to our to replace workout needed clothes for us and our and possibly a Means whereby we could secure an automobile if this were necessary to carry on our civilian positions All of this would be extremely this Bill is for us and compensates in a Small measure for the excess wages Many men have been paid while we were in Here aiding in the conclusion of this George sic son Francisco dear yank Why give the same amount to a Gen eral with five months service and years of defense Gold Rushing As that Given to a pfc who has endured which includes to i think it should be Given in an inverse proportion to rank attained even greater inflection by consideration of length of service and combat and i believe that commissioned personnel should a la Sam included the Bonus is not to be added Booty and i feel reasonably Safe in surmising that even Downtrodden second lieutenants have received material benefits equal and possibly surpassing their comparative and to prevent a mass Rush for the court martial reduction Board at the close of the War the Bonus should be based on highest rank Hawaii Robert Corley dear yank the proposed Bonus to service if will prove of great Assis Tance and will put the Veteran on some what More equal terms with those who have been drawing High wages during the past four but in itself the Bonus now proposed is both unfair and to give a Man a Bonus for coming into the army and getting out by fair or foul Means in three to four months and comparing him to an other frontline Man who has been on the fighting front from three to four years is not democratic or in the opinion of Many gis have talked with a More practical method would be to give each Man a Dollar a Day for every Day in the army with an additional sum for overseas Marianas Schuyler dear yank i wish some one would inform the con Gressmen who sent the i Bill of rights mustering out pay is not part of the i Bill of through that or especially in monthly allotments will not buy half of any civilian in sure most of the veterans will want More than one one pair of one hat and probably one coat if the pay lasts to Start i think every i barged pm should be Given at least one years base Mon nov James Austin chamber work dear yank All flying personnel in the army air forces have at some time in their train ing been exposed to indoctrination in the Low pressure Chambers and Given instruction in oxygen and the use of oxygen no one Ever hears of the men who do this chamber they get no flight pay or recon despite the fact that they Are constantly exposed to pain from Shock and no medical Man knows exactly what effects this work has on the human body except that it is cumulatively harmful and the army requires a rigid 64 examination every six the same As for air ratings Are out does that mean anything to men who hold mos 617 skilled Altitude definitely the highest rating now called for by this mos is Buck sergeant the writer has been a Corporal for 30 months thanks to the great consideration of the and if men with this mos attempt to better themselves by a new Job they Are told that the army has spent thousands of dollars training them for this specific Why not give them flight pay some at least or even let them have a distinctive insignia Many officers and pm flying today owe their lives to the training received from these but the Only recognition they get is sneers on the easy jobs they ill Trade places with a Supply Man or Pencil Pusher any let those who Call us valve turn ers sit for three hours or More at simulated Altitude of feet with a reduced pressure of on fifth Normal exerted on their the least the army could do is to give ratings commensurate with the risk and responsibility of our Colorado signed by 5 jump boots dear yank in a recent mail Call i read about the paratroopers kicking and crying about not having jump i returned recently from overseas and was going Over i went with about eight Hundred paratroopers and i can explain the reason Why they dont have jump its because they were Trad ing them for liquor and Guy traded me two pair of boots for a Jap j learn to save your jump Money to buy liquor instead of trading off your Joe packers Fitzsimmons half baked solutions dear yank the Fellows in the squad agreed it was necessary but said it was i had suggested destruction of the Ger Man people in 25 years by various up to the age of German children would be taken from their parents and put in schools far away from some even in foreign they would be brought up to think democratically rather than from 15 All those in the German is or no would be used for reconstruction and construction of a i Joe figure out yet How it works Tom Flonnery