European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Plane pyres guide gliders to target continued from Page so panel steady readiness for the release when a plane several Hundred Yards in front suddenly bunt into Hie fire swept Down the Hull of the big ship but the Pilot held it steady until his gliders Cut As the plane swung up and to the right in the prescribed our Crew pvt Enloe of swore and whip it whip it the fire will blow almost in answer the plane started a Steep climb but suddenly broke slipped Over its Back and plunged Down just As we reached the fending an other c47 plunged by us but no one said anything because his face reached up and pulled the handle releasing our and oar suddenly surged and pushed us hard against out airborne units Chase germans e s from fort and the rest of out landed Square in the Middle of a German artillery some of the stick died where it bit and some closed on waa difficult to be but pfc Lyna of of the prob ably took the first two he fended in a Slid shot one the other two quit perhaps the first Man to of cell a German was sgt Curtis of Cleve who wishing his my in the air and shot a nazi Soldier who was beating his horse to a Gallop across the mostly the paratroopers figured the firsts didst they got out of their coloured sift and started As outs and the main Force fought the regimental executive officer started out from the nazi up Post the dead americans and the dead germans with what got to be Knovs after seven hours of fighting As cask Force task Force Ryan it Ever had More than 40 including but it took More Shan 100 Side by Side with the paratroopers fought the glider pilots Ufeo wheeled their Craft Down to the Fields As the troopers started some of the gliders crashed and some were hit by mortar fire and burned of Billy a Gliden Nao irom grabbed a Tommy gun and tacked on to task Force madder than hell be cause a mortar busted that Lovely old glider after i got it Down right a lot of Brave Cen and if a hard to Tell about the thing the Way it should be until you can get away from but youll go from one end to the other of the Island in the Middle of the German army that the paratroopers took and held and there h never be a braver Man than old Doc Doc Moir is a major and he comes Hes the regimental they gave Doc Moir and the medics a red Cross on their tin hats and an its against the rules to shoot at medics but e lot of limn got shot but All from the moment he went out of an other burning Bih Moir was out where the scheme tsar fire popped walking among the mortars to help the Hurt make it easier for the ones he probably he didst plan it that but what Doc Ioir was when the chips were Down made the paratroopers better fighting the Guys who charged German Era placements with gun Butts and knives figure Doc Moir was a Brave a quiet in one Berlin Street huge stadium Frozy by Howard Byrne stars and stripes staff writer april 19 the great numbers in which some of the worlds flashiest spectacles have been was As silent As a Tomb rows of Tan Swastika crowned spikes which sur mount the Amphitheater were still erect and the great Swastika Over the Rostrum from which Hitler browbeat the world glistened in the afternoon but the Frozy condition of the endless tiers of Cement seats was an open confession that Nurnberg stadium had been unused for quite a grass and weeds had taken Root in the Dir filled giving the of the largest in the appearance of a Greet hanging the reason no German had Trou bled to put the place in open ratio again was quite obvious great bomb craters pocked the acreage which the stadium sur one of the bombs had landed on the bleachers Only 50 feet from hitlers although no matinee Wax being held in Nurnberg around it swirled the greatest show turn bergers would Ever As the 45th div doughboy doggedly fought into Cannon named for 3d Star april 2 president Roosevelt today nominated three major generals in the air com Mander of the in Europe Harold the and John com Natter of the 12th of operating from to be lieutenant liberated Russ is interpreter for 5th army div by George Dorset Start and stripes staff writer with St army april 30 taking no chances on any accidents when its troops meet the bed Thea division carries a russian Liaison he is a soviet infantry lieutenant who was liberated at Damgen made by Brig Gen Eugene Reg tiers combat command captured More than two years ago during the red army counter offensive at the Lieuten ant suffered the usual vicious treat ment that the nazis gave the rus tankers do a Mettle Rubbe necking when he drives Down the Road in a captured German car Given to him by capt Thomas of a the car has Atesian painted on both Ernie Pyle killed in action by japs by wet Jam speak the stars and stripes Bureau april War correspondent beloved of fighting men All Over the world and j of millions of newspaper readers at has been killed in by a japanese machine gun on the Small Island of off Oki the Navy department announced Pyle was the Navy said that Pyle was kilted instantly by a Surprise attack in the Southern Side of the Island whoe watching the Advance of army troops who invaded the Island Pyle was standing with a regimental commander at head quarters when the Jap machine gun opened wrecked German equipment stands i a bomb torn Street in Berlin after Xix corps of the oth army entered the Naif battered photo capture of Sci Weinfurt recalls of pounding by Bud stars and stripes staff writer the capture of Schweinfurt by american ground forces yesterday probably Hisle More significance for american airmen All Over the work than the Conquest of any other German area since the War the Fla filled air Over Schweinfurt was the scene of two of the greatest air Battles waged by the 8th of in its Campaign to smash the nazi War 8th bomber Crews attacked Schmitt plants at southwestern and flew l on to North Africa in fee Etoff first shuttle the attack brought headlines and cheers across the Allied that same other bomb Crews of the both struck North and East of Regensburg at the sprawling network of factories around which then supplied most of the bal bearings upon which Germany War machine in Battles with the Luft the american bomb ers took losses of approximately half of the three score planes destroy Don the double missions that but the Schweinfurt Mission was not As spectacular As the shuttle raid and was though equally the at on almost two months on 1943z the heavy bombers rounded out one of their busiest weeks of the War up to that time with a second assault on russian Honor for Host yanks on Elbe by Andy rocket and stripes staff writer with Konies ukrainian april 26 i was a mad scene of jubilant co bration on the East and West Banks of the Elbe at Tougau As infantrymen of it Gen Courtney Hedges 1st army swapped k rations for Vodka with soldiers of marshal Konies 1st ukrainian men of the inf div sat on the Banks of the Elbe in warm Sunshine with no enemy in front of or behind and drank f and while they witched their new russian and listened to them As they played and Sang russian Hussian Strong and built a Little heavier and Shorter than most inspected american and americans took the Chance to fire the Hussian automatic the russian uniform consists of High fitted leather his pants Are built Lifie Riding breeches of a Cotton his Blouse us Tor a i 11 fit a it in be to cd of if Oil 6ton bombs blast hitlers hideaway St of april Mountain hideaway at Berchtey gsd2n was blasted off the Yeii verday by direct hits from Sixton earthquake bombs dropped j by Raf escorted by 8th of the heavies dropped Concrete piercing which dig deeply into the Earth before on hitlers chalet and s3 Barracks while there is no official suggestion that the at to rfcs planned to catch Hitler in the it was pointed out that there is always that pos heavy smoke and raging fires were seen in the areas hit Aerial photographs taken during the raid show a Large number of bombs bursting right on hitlers i Gen William 9th is tossed in the air by russian entertainers at a Celebration at which the 9tii army was Host to Hie 33d russian tossing the Host is considered a great Honor by the col Gen commander of the 33d applauds in the photo tankers talk to Buss with 83d div beyond the Elbe april Fiew ra3ib of the 329th 83d established definite conversational Contact with russian tanks at 4 a pm today after More than 24 the v to Tii be u 5 i is
