European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Format discharge main East hew editorial staff Al Akita kit Art sat r Jeta Max he flu but Fraak Dea to Btl Central Harry Jam Maaia user Vera a Erh set Parkert Seart so a finer set each aah Estt veto mail set Freak Fratto aah set jeans Deml Remek de Aake aah set neb a set Parkert beat sit Dae aah sat Paw cat Ira India Burma Aatif sat Jake ia4 sat Tea East persian set Rook arts Oemil sat Peter far Peml cat Ray sat fart eur ratio it Jack Mimm overseas Bureau Chari Holt Harry Rob awl Lack Auto tarts Max Usu a Toama nary it Fumm Kava twi Law Marto Mill Haas Htwar i Caravell Hartm Bam aate match sch East Puaa Fraak this weeks cover the go on the left who is scratching that Fine hunk of Hereford is Robert Home from Alaska and having a Good Day at an old time county fair in for other pictures of the fair by yanks Reg Kenny see pages 12 and photo 2 Dick British sat Pat 10 12 4 in a 20 congratulations to Straus for his splendid letter in a recent yank concerning dishonourable just what Are the advantages of Blue and yellow discharge papers if the purpose is to Label a Why not paint on the scoundrels fore head in bold yellow Type dishonourable or that would be the candid and consistent manner in which to handle the our society is neither scientifically educated nor does it adhere to Christian teaching when it practices the Barbaric habit of stigmatizing peo ple who have received just punishment for their Louis Thompson dear Yahk i firmly believe recipients of Dis charges other than honorable Are in their own unique branded for i feel i know wherein i for my Case is one of Many who received the i Between discharge without Honor for a failing which i believe should be treated if Neces in a medical Type to be More i served Well for approximately three years As an officer in the wac and my efficiency ratings were and in due course i won my then i a moment of insanity where in another wac suddenly attracted me in my this placed me in such a mental and spiritual upheaval that i requested Washington to accept my resignation from the after four months of it was now that i have returned to my Normal i am rather shocked and saddened to see my life in ruins at my at the present moment i am trying to land a decent since i entered the wac immediately after graduation from College in i need must show my discharge in order to account for the three intervening years most application forms require information on military the result i am still Hunting a the Public in general is uneducated in the of handling my Type of i find item Barr Assing and impossible to elucidate upon just i left the just what does this Type of discharge mean Many army medical doctors believe strongly concerning the injustice of this if Only people would realize and help us with understanding rather than casting us out with condemnation i use the word for i have voluntarily drunk from the lesbian cup and have tasted much of the bitterness contained therein As far As the attitude of society is i believe there is much that can and should be done in the near future to Aid in the solution of this thus enabling these people to take their rightful places As fellow human your sister and brother in the brotherhood of Tain that a few of these men Are included in the group Straus but these Are few compared to the Many that went awol to avoid Over seas service or hazardous As for How they will behave after they Are in civvies cd venture to say that the majority of them will take their places in society As Good citizens and follow a Pursuit which will enable them to earn a As about the Only jobs they wont be Able to hold Are civil service and Federal contrary to what Straus would have us they will not be hardened criminals once they Are re Ohio withheld dear yank Straus did Well to Start a Campaign on behalf of men expecting Dis honorable lets pitch in and Many were convicted of the heinous crime of being awol during wartime from Post of latrine casual outfit or other equally important Are they criminals though Many of them could have been handled properly under the and though Many had excellent per Sonal reasons for their absences or other their sentences exceed those of Many civilians convicted of let their cases be let full pardons be give them the benefits if any of the i Bill of let them be respectable establish a reviewing Board of civil ians or Peers of the men not officers who follow a Book of recommended let the Board note that Many penalties Are heavy simply because of earlier Many men Are actually serving additional time for former lenses for which they had already been let the cases be reviewed in the Light of the colonel who was reduced to major for shooting a negro without the major who was permitted to resign because he was too ignorant to recognize wholesale train and the civilians who were we goo conduct men who didst get caught must do All possible to promote Justice for those do if we irreparable damage will be done to those men and to Many of our Wing act Ohio signed by of Fem dear yank As chief mail censor m the Security and intelligence office of the South Eastern disciplinary bar i have had Long enough to be come acquainted with the records that the men Tove built for themselves both in civilian life and and i believe that the government would save a hell of a lot of the taxpayers Money if they would use up some of this left Over ammunition and do away with about 75 percent of the men confined in its i penal pm inclined to believe that the a them have gone Over the Hin repeatedly until they were sure that their records would keep them out of combat they All want to Reform but while the War was in swing they were contented to take their dds and go merrily on their Alexander Shuty Como dear yank i dont see Why Clifford Straus is so helped up about those Guys who Are going to be branded for life be cause they Are getting How about the Guys who got Dis charges of various sorts like the notorious Section it seems to me that those Fellows have just As much to fear and be ashamed of As the others and even More so in most i know Many people who would rather Bear a criminal record than one which might indicate some mental quirk or Why a mans a Justive reaction or some psychiatric incident in the army be spread Over the face of his with Public opinion about such things still being what it is it is True that the army does not use the numeral Sec Tion Vii any but they still put dear yank Clifford Straus had better continue on with his work in group psychotherapy and not concern himself with the veterans who eventually will get dds because a gym imposed those sentences on them which were approved by higher reviewing a the men that received a heavy sen tence because of going awol did earn a do because of going they earned it because their awol was every Short of desertion and if Straus Ever should have the Opportunity to look Over their service in positive that he will find that a High percentage of these awol have several summary courts against them because of previous awol i most certainly am not in favor of giving a Man a do if he had extenuating circumstances which caused him to go awol because he did not know How to defend himself during the got a bad in equally cer i hate these fast transports Tom Flannery