European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes apr 1943 two sergeants run b Lonnie Towe who joined the army in 1940 and b Baj 13 months is John Conner assistant came to b bag 14 months the two editors handle Ima Cly 500 letters Only trickle of those received Are pub the bulk of the questions re lived Are answered Londo born stars and stripes the first edition of the stars and stripes was fathered by the 34th first outfit to hit the european in a London printing Plant opposite covent Gar the British capitals biggest dance on april a lot of Bridges have gone under the water since stripes has had some strange Homes and some strange but through it despite the formidable obstacles of operations under War it has managed to bring the news of the world to the men in of and Mufti throughout the the first stripes was a established under a simple army directive that cited the need of the soldiers for a newspaper and ordered that one be provided the name was taken from its world War i which contributed some of the most Brilliant writers in America to the period Between the two on the growing staff of stripes moved to printing House the conservative offices of the times of to begin publishing it continued to publish from the times office until when All operations in England at the front Between those two the stripes had turned out a few editions near the invasion beaches in a battered French printing Plant in Mere and was publishing regularly in Cherbourg within a few Days after that City was in it added a Belfast edition to serve troops based in Northern Ireland the London edition also fathered the first Mediterranean stripes in a dirty Little print shop on the Edge of the Nasbah in the Mediterranean editions spread through Oran and and on to leghorn and from the Mediterranean came the first staffs of stripes in South Ern publishing first at then at Marseille and on up to Grenoble and by the time the Mediterranean edition invaded the stripes was set up in its main con continued on Page 5 stripes pm  troops of the 7744th stars and stripes unit will Tell you that soldiering of Ungstad is a far cry from usual Garrison All specialists in their whether it be distribution or administration stripes pm put in a Good Day s performing in the twin capacities of newspapermen and sol for like John peace and Joseph Braden in the editorial a Day s from 3 to they have copy to edit right Down to the deadline for the second other stripes like pfc Vic Tor Wheeler and pfc Jack do a night trick in the composing helping in the makeup of the paper on the printers Over in the motor dispatchers pfc Lawrence Wright and pfc James Potter Check out the distribution trucks on their nightly hauls to bring newspapers to the far Corners of the trucks Are dispatched in the Small hours of the but usually a i dispatcher is on hand to give them the two of men in there Are 60 pm and three officers assigned to eleven More gis Are attached to the organization for training which will make them increasingly use Ful to their unit of the two represent the air Force on the William editor chief of also is commanding officer of the a native of he was with the 104th throughout the coming to stripes last Summers is assisted by George of executive Young came to Cave life in line of duty Carrol of photographer for the stars and who was killed last 29 in the crash of a b17 search plane near Sprague was on assignment to photograph the wreckage of a c47 Safe transport which the Day stripes in november 1946 and served As co of troops till january of this when Kenneth of arrived to take that there has been a big turnover in personnel since the hectic War memorial to photographer schoolhouse Barracks of pm attached to the stars and stripes in which have been named Sprague Barracks As a memorial to Carrol photographer killed in january in the crash of a b17 search but a few of the old timers Are still with during the Victor a copy was a key editorial Man with the Nice and Marseille while Anthony Mannacio was a circulation Man with stripes in Rome and Claude of the transportation joined stripes in Paris in july and save for a 45day stateside has been with the paper John now assistant b bag arrived for work in april recreation limited life in of Ungstad off duty is not particularly exciting for these they have to go a few Miles to Darmstadt for As there is Only a in Pung although Frankfurt is but 25 Miles it is difficult for the men to get in the the of Ungstad atmosphere becomes a Little More As the soldiers organize softball teams and hold parties and the pm known for Merly As the was re named Sprague Barracks last month in Honor of Carroll continued on Page b bag got Start at Cherbourg in 1944 on the Cherbourg Peninsula in August b bag stuck its foot in the door of the stars and a Milkman need help wanted column and started a Small War of its during the War years it jumped in with both feet when t involved in Battles Over legitimate gripes of gis and after each truce was yelled hello a i today the Salty language of the thousands of wartime letters with their sound and fury is but b bag remains the ironing out department for occupation and has taken on All Comers from Al lied and civilians and de Pendents As even mans and Dps ring b bags 500 letters monthly the majority of the approximately 500 letters monthly come from officers and but Only a trickle of those received Are published in the daily the bulk of questions Are answered in personal correspondence by the two Lonnie of Lake who has been with b bag 13 is John Conner of is assistant editor and has been with the department 14 b bags mail is filled with queries concerning gis Ger Man Bridestowe making the trip the prior to 27 of this but the two editors have started training for the annual flood of protests from gis on the ban against wearing Khaki in the dec during hot and sum Mer is just outside b bags stripes lists 34 dependents the stars and stripes now can boast of quite a Colony of depend 34 living in of Ungstad or its suburbs of Bens Heim and Twentyfive of the dependent Are billeted in two couples and a child in two couples and their children a Bentheim and one couple in not counting the dependents of lbs strict managers in the of the there Are 14 children ranging in from week old facts to the represent All sections of the coming from Missouri and Atlantic Seaboard there two French War brides on dependents two j one estonian and one former although of Ungstad has its the wives seem to prefer to Hospital at Heidelberg to receive the visit of the bundle bearing Biri administration Section handles varied tasks the administration Section o the stars and stripes handle All the Complex paper work the organization and exercise responsibility and control Over eight including special by utilities and the to the headed by also handles All in coming and outgoing office Cor except that of editorial a Faunl for the executive offices is handled by