European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Yank u published weekly by tto men of the army and it for Sale Only to those in the armed pictures Anil other material from yank May be reproduced if they Are net restricted by Law or military provided proper credit is release dates Are observed and specific prior permission has been granted for each hem to be entire contents by Franklin fers main editorial office 205 East 42d new York editorial staff managing at Art Nelson assistant managing Jonathan pm corps assistant Art Frank John Ray aah Debs a Allan aah Navy Donald Nugent associate Wil Liam Man John Robert a Knox aah George corps Mike Dale Kra my Bill Jack Deml James corps Robert Schwartz u8nr Evan Wylle cup Jack Deml Frank aah Joe Bill Jim Tolan cos Channing aah Ralph Don Central Harry Vernen Roberts Herbert Geverg aah Pat aah William aah David aah Howard Kat Edmund Antr Ebu Herbert Deml Charles corps Ira and John Jud Tom Africa Middle East persian Richard Charles Otto commanding Franklin fors executive Jack business Gerald overseas Bureau Harry Roberts Jack assistant Max Gilstrap Lewis Centra South a Henry Johnson know i ton Ames Merle Mill Ham Howard Carswell Burma Harold Burroughs Charles Stubblefield Africa Middle East persian Frank this weeks cover being sent Back from the Eto crowd to the rail of their transport to get a look at the statue of Liberty in new York for hundreds of thousands of gis the old lady Means Liberty in More ways than yanks Reg Kenny took the photo red Jim news u Juhna b Jud Harry upper left Ai i intr papa Frank Fridi Why organize dear yank the question of what vet organization to discussed in a recent letter to seems to me to be to Why join a veterans organization at wha wants to listen to a lot of Guys reminiscing about the War in a sickening kind of Way and talking about the exploits within a few they will have talked even themselves into believing they actually accomplished after the heroes there Are were bred in the War and not Over a couple of Beer what except a dreary senti mentality about the is going to hold any of these vet organizations together a political a labor a Busi Ness a has a definite aim because each is made up of people of like but gis Are in no fundamental agreement which will not end with their the letter writers state that a vet organization is necessary in order to Ful fill the aspiration of the soldiers who fought in the and the people who backed them up on the Home first of since a veterans organization is especially designed to exclude the peo ple on the Home where do they get off to think that it should speak for the Home front that the kind of goods Hitler and some other Exso Diers sold to Germany in though the aspirations of the soldiers who fought in the War May be generally the there is Sharp disagreement As to just How these aspirations Are to be Ful that the american and that the Way it should gis come from All Over the from All walks of and each of us has his own religious and occupational affix As a Eugis have Only one vital thing in Are All Ameri for whom there is already a Well established organization through which to Settle differences and run the it is called the government of the United states of in the Only things you can get from a vet organization you can get cheaper and better some place social and Church groups from insurance from Public Wel fare organizations and from a demo cratic i dont believe that Many members of any vet organization will keep an Active interest in its affairs for very the Federal government is especially through the i Bill of in helping vets to get started on earning a should we let High High paid organizers who get themselves elected to a system of exalted rank similar to the army system shift our political weight around when 90 per cent of us will probably be in disagree ment with them Germany Gerald hog Ere v no glasses dear yank just what in the name of heaven does a fellow have to do to get a new pair of eyeglasses since May we have been holding ours together with adhesive tape and a and when we inquired about getting new ones we got the same old Story that applies to a lot of other things we Are in combat now and cant possibly get them but when you get to a rest area you will surely get two new we fought and beat the japs and Are now in a rest the battalion sur Geon tried to help but it just didst work we were sent to an evacuation Hospital where we were to be flown to but what happened the same old Story again we would like to help you but we no transport we Are just Plain infantrymen and dont expect air transportation just turn us Loose and Well get to Manila the same Way we got there from on foot and by they have doctors and technicians in Manila who have thousands of dollars Worth of equipment to work with but it is no help to we Are both so near sighted that we cant recognize a person five feet away without i guess they put us in the infantry so we could get up real close and not miss a bloody Luzon Joseph signed by William profits from surplus dear yank we read an article recently which state that the had six billion Dol Lars Worth of surplus property in Europe out of 150 million Dol Lars will be Given to european Relief through the without a doubt the balance of this surplus property will be sold at a fraction of its lest we the French government realized a net profit of 97 million Dol Lars on our surplus property of world War we have no objections to helping the needy people of Europe through the but what we want to know is the is Able to practically give this stuff away to european a Why can she Only afford to give to her War torn veterans a meager mustering out pay Why cant the sur plus property be so utilized that the veterans will reap most of the benefits derived from the sales and a larger mustering out pay thus be Given to them everyone agrees that the mus Teri Ngout pay will be just about enough to provide the Veteran with a new civilian we think this is unfair to Uncle Sams fighting men who deserve the Cuba Zaven noorigian signed by Oscar Fenerjian sk3c and James clot Messy team team team dear yank i have just read of the discharge of Charlie Trippi in the new spa according to the article he was discharged with 41 is a great football the army explained that Trippi was discharged because his co had declared him according to the and i the army applying to ground and service per mits commanders to discharge soldiers who Are j not currently eligible for Dis charge by reason of Points or age Trippi has 41 2 not qualified for foreign duty and completed two years of service 3 surplus to the requirements of the Force to which they were assigned and not economically Retra Mable to perform useful 4 not possessed of a scarce skill needed by the the article on to state that Trippi could Type More than 35 words per according to that about every Man m the service could be discharged practically immediately if the co said what were we fighting football players or democracy Lowry Jack Barnes dear yank Here Ive been in the army three years this i have been on limited service up until the wars and qualified for i have no vision in one but they say no out for big name players have been getting out with less than now this Charlie Trippi Deal beats them they say Hes Are they kidding Why not say politics and quit fooling the Public Hes and still in this Field and in i there pulling mechanics from the line to make clerks out of in sure we could have used a Man of trip Pis education Here and let some of these 60 and 70 pointers go they have wives and babies but no Alma mater to play or politicians that want a bowl team this Adieu y9ure doing a Job Well never believe Maxwell withheld wants no favors dear yank a Hearty handclaps for the Trail Call gripes about a rank and seniority system of determining who gets jobs when we get i want too goo looking even before a Jap shot off a chunk of my but i still dont figure i need the govern ment to do the talking for me to get a seems As though theres a Bunch of jaspers that want the government to take care of them from now on just be cause they lost a Little time fighting a if a mans been badly so he cant do certain kinds of Hes going to get a hand from the government and that that what the governments but lets keep an Eye on these Guys that figure the world owes them a living because they picked up Lead in their and the same thing goes for these most of us have plenty of hide from this War to earn a living with and were going to have to pay those bonuses Back Ever hear of taxes i think what most of us want is just for the government to keep the hell out of the Way and Well get on without a lot of v always room for a thousand Morel Tom Flannery