European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tons they we would make sure that it would be a lifetime Job for those civilians beyond the age of 15 would be allowed to remain under strict military control in Germany with the Rule that any child they might Bear would be immediately removed to one the schools where they would see them no As a further preventive it would toe Wise to sterilize the entire German populations and army beyond the of As the children they would be allowed to become citizens of the nations into which Germany would be divided to live among those who will have already settled once these new nations proved Capa ble of Independent government they would be Given it and military supervision almost completely the squad  face such hard actions against but they agreed it would be the most Complete solution to what looks like an eternal then lets get the dirty work Fel lets not have any More germans or Germany to worry no half baked Germany l Brandt cd lectures deaf Yaik Here at Berry we have had trouble with venereal i am every Effort is being made to eliminate said but it is my opinion that the methods used Are not in agreement with the policies and customs of a democratic nation such As the All of the squadrons Here at the Field have been divided into flights of at least 90 men if there is an occurrence of cd in any the entire flight must pay for the punishment consists of a two hour cd lecture each night for a period of seven Days after each Case of in my that is nothing but the old nazi system of Berry withheld conscription dear yank have the Camps set up in favourable parts of the make the time and place of putting in service men will have the privilege to decide which of their Golden years Between 18 and 30 they will give in service to their country and to i think an elaborate system of advertising and pamphlets should be available to help the trainee choose his training site and the course he wants to take in one Branch of service or sounds unusual that the setup the nya worked i spent six months at Quaddy Vil an nya War training Cen they Are six months i wont As Quaddy men All Over the world today will verify if the army were run on the same basis they would be 30year we trained and worked the same As in the but what a difference we were treated As individual Initia Tive was encouraged As Well As Freedom of thought and personal we had our own working under and in cooperation with the commanding offi cer and the senior elected by the thousand or so men voting in regu Lar ballot the nominees for the different committees and the Senate had regular political made election Quaddy gave every Mem Ber Active participation in and a Chance to learn and use his democratic rights and Way of we must change the idea that every Man when coming into one of the must be broken Down and then built up again in the narrow path of army with its the forcing of the rhythmic Click of dominated by Small time Little i rather favor our free Way of i believe this training to be important today because More and More the com Mon Man is coming to because it is becoming evident that on his Shoul Ders will rest the task of making Good the it is for this he must be pre pared and maroc Lawrence held fathers favor fathers dear yank the average father cannot Muster any thing near 85 Points because he was drafted too when we were fighting two wars the drafting of fathers was delayed because Public opinion was opposed to breaking up the but finally War requirements found most daddies in but now that we have Only one War it is inconceivable that fathers should be needed More now than fathers have a double responsibility their duty to their country and their duty voting in state elections this fall state Date of election Soldier May use postcard application sup plied by army at his earliest Date state will receive soldiers application for state Absentee earliest Date state will mail Absentee ballot to Date on or be fore which sol Diers executed Absentee ballot must be received by Illinois a special new Jersey cd new York c Ohio id Pennsylvania e Virginia f 6 november 6 november 6 november 6 november 6 november 6 november yes yes yes yes yes yes 28 july at any time at any time at any time at any time at any time 22 september 16 August on or before 7 september 7 september before 29 september 20 August 6 november 6 november 5 november 6 november 16 november 3 november in 24th congressional District including counties of in counties state o the supreme mayors of and county and town officials throughout the state d and township including members of boards of e Pennsylvania two judges of Superior court municipal and county f lieutenant attorney members of the House of and certain local december new London october Colchester november new 2 november 6 a general election for one county commissioner will be held in each of the Fonow ing countes Leominster Westfield wo7cester nov4mber new Woburn december Brockton Taunton december 11law North 4 Michigan on november 6 a general election for municipal officers will be held in to their Homes and fathers Are mostly men Over 30 years old with from one to eight growing up without the love and care of daddy and with fast fading memories of daddy their our Are leading unbalanced lives and trying to play the double role of Mother and 1 father the All pro pose the automatic discharge of All fathers upon the Day that Marks 18 months service Seabee stung Okinawa t5 Edward signed by three engine staffer dear yank at the present time my duties consist of starting a Small gasoline engine used in conjunction with an instrument land ing system for student that is All i am required to and Stop the my background includes Amateur radio since 1931 and commercial broadcasting from 1937 to 1942 As an i hold radiotelephone first Radi Otele graph second License and a class a Amateur my education includes two and a half years of in civilian life my radio experience included operation and maintenance of transmitting and associated equipment for 11 years prior to entering the for approximately a year i was in charge of maintenance of a five kilowatt broadcast transmitter in in View of All this i dont believe my capabilities Are even slightly utilized in the it appears that the main requisite of a Good Soldier is to hang Ive done for 32 months say yes sir at the right Flo withheld dear yank sergeant John Beasley made a Broad statement in his letter on the Seabee and Engineer aviation battalions in a recent for the first two years out Here we Felt a Little like Billy the we didst give a Damn what said about us As Long As they talked about most people thought the Seabee were just an other species of insect that infected these now we feel that a Little Pat on the Back  be begrudge any outfit or organization that has worked out Here continuously for Over two years without so much As a five Day i dont want to get involved in any Petty argument about whose outfit is the we Seabee have a tremendous re Spect for All outfits who have made up the fighting team of the allies who have proven themselves so Well on All but when Beasley gives his one Man opinion that he belongs to an out fit that is better than any Seabee Bat Talion could Hope to must contest that to me it is like compar ing a High schoo football whipped up out of raw material just As it comes from the streets and farms of the to a pro team that is selected from the Best of the country College when our outfit came out the average age of the men was 33 Volunteer technicians with five to 20 years actual building experience behind the fact that we Are a new a baby conceived in this does not Lessen the experience nor capabilities of the men in coping with the Many and varied problems of construction out these same men had helped to literally build the Good old of course Beasley is Only a ser that is equivalent to a third class Man in the As such he would be relegated to the Bull gangs that just carry use pick and shovel and do such menial tasks until he has acquired enough know How to match tools and skills with the advanced i am not belittling the third class Man for i was one until quite recently and i had a Carpenter Union card in competitive Chicago in 1925 and 1926 years a University degree so you see the requirements Are quite of course since they started drafting 18yearolds we have acquired a number of younger we Welcome them with their enthusiasm and for brother some of us old men Are tired away into the we will co operate with these new train them and gradually shift the responsibilities onto them so that they can carry on for us and for themselves in the Days to come when we All go to the Marianas Ivan Brooks signed by two no diapers dear yank we have a new colonel who just come from playing nursemaid to a Bunch of tin soldiers at a military m today he put out an order forbidding us from Possession or use of intoxicating with the threat of court martial or other i can understand forbidding liquor in the Barracks but off duty it seems to me he Hast the right to limit our actions so Long As we stay in weve had no trouble with maps nor there been any complaints by there have been other orders indicating that he thinks were kids in a military were supposed to be soldiers with dog tags around our not diapers around our withheld Jap disposal dear yank problem what to do with the japs after the War solution put All the male japs on one Island and All the females on a Dif three thousand Miles son Bussey sic single physical Standard dear yank Back in i graduated from col lege with a degree in electrical Engi i applied twice for the direct commissions the signal corps was then offering but i was told i was not even up to the physical standards for so i took an essential Job As a radio research i was drafted when the deferment rules were tight ened i eventually got into the signal and spent seven months studying a Tele phone during the time i twice applied for signal corps passing the boards easily but i was rejected on the this problem could be readily with the simultaneous solution of parallel by the adaptation of a single set of physical standards for each Branch of the applicable to officers and men Indiantown a Julian Gulack