European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse It Gen la Piton cd won from Pyle and his own soldiers Eddy had hit notable beaches As 9th a position East ofthemose11ei before that he had led the 9th in of command through the tunisian and sicilian the German Border it f in the ensuing a few months before those advanced according to capt Harry butchers my 50 Nules three years with As Square a was involved in some Ryste when the enemy broke through rious dealings in and out of lines in be that free port came pilots with shifted his forces northward such places As other subsequent him from Luxembourg against invasion German and b Eddy first came into Public prominence uary when he led the forces which libera Ted the Borders he then Dir Cherbourg and effected first toward scale surrender of High German Binef his thrust i before the surrender was army div March Eddy had earned himself a distinguished crossing Rhine near Opp service Cross for extraordinary heroism and the vitals by Phil new York Bureau ahead of his w7e like him because he is a resolutely honest because he is sort of old shoe and easy we think he is a might Good general we have known him in Tunisia and and now Here in i those Ara the words the and greatly Ernie Pyle used to de scribe it Gen Manton who has succeeded it Gen Clarence Huebner As Pyle Mcnown a the gis own correspondent Seldom wrote much about sol Diers with stars on their Possession a letter from the Gen George 3d army commander from the Normandy invasion to Victory in which to a Soldier was about As great a tribute As could be in april Eddy had to to the because of bad throughout responsible Ead 01 is r measure outstand in when the germans c ceases achieved Xii corps were making a critical counterattack and 1 v lines were Eddy rushed tothe front in a collected trucked main n j tenancy Cooks and with a a Force of acted As a company v iss Mander then into a that with the 39th in regt As killed 100 of the r company in he was awarded the legion was in uie i eau who had so completely identified himself of Merit for courage Andja tical skill in commander of ther big adj with the 3d and whose great fight january he was awarded the Chin gun participated ing Force was known to Frend and foe As distinguished service medal for hisrserv1 Meus Argonne patrons wrote Eddy ices the time he assumed a purple a great measure of the Success that i of Xii corps in he served As a major in the occupant have personally attained and the Fame is the citation Gen in he which a shrouds the 3d army is due your efforts i can never express my Apas much As Eddy must have appreciated for your unswerving loyalty that accolade from he had in his and relentless combat May you said i n of the favorite generals among War correspondents i Mai gent but the general sleeps in his Manlon commander of the one while i was 9th we like him because he with his it i absolutely honest with be cause is sort of old shoe end to talk with and because we he is a mighty Good general 2we have known in and now Here in France like his of Gen Omar n Gen Eddy looks More 1htee schoolteacher than a Soldier he is a tall but he wears glasses and his eyes have sort of a squint he talks Tike a Middle which he he still claims Chicago As Home although he has been an office for 28 years i he was wounded in the last he is not he tasks t w who is a native of Duncing or appearing Tobe con of his officers sleep in corned at one Day i Rode him on one of his around with at Story ii was in Africa and they were in1 a new it was raining cats and dogs1 and the ground was knee deep in even Lor fragments from shells bursting near by started hitting the top of the so he got usually he stays Al his desk Dur ing the morn Gand makes a tour of regimental and battalion com Mand posts during the usually he the front in an unarmed jeep with another jeep right behind him carrying machine gunner and on the Alert for his Drivers say when they Start hold for the general Doest spare the horses when Hes he carries a portable Telephone his jeep and if he got hot were sitting on he grass under a Lent pegs stay in and looking at maps o officers around group our own Pup tents kept coming everybody wet and artillery was banging late at general started j on foot just nothing was coming Pur like a Flash of there came a Shell just Over our the kids out it went right through the treetops As he walked lie passed a 1 it a inf whine or Dier to red Nve swished including cult that held Down the front flopped Over an began grabbing grass Shefl exploded in the next Geri Eddy didst Mova just Pup iwas fusing his Slee Hammer Rand he1 was having a bad time of it every now and Zhenhe would miss stake with the helmet and that was one of our and t since i had known Gen Eddy Tot splash mud All Over him quite a while i was bold enough self the general amusing his to say l i the Soldier if that was of r saw the Weh and laughs easily m of t he just stops along the Road and All Ucan say is Ithal come and i i i l i j m n War wants to talk with any of his units that a professional Soldier he into one of the wires Dei pipes War Tike any Are lying on the ground nary is appalled by the waste Eddy likes to the tragedy of ik1 show up in places his sol general sin the Field doers l helices Asa truck that used1 to he knows helps soldiers they have fixed Al up nicely desk a hell of a Way fighting Shell was going f the general to gel and they finally 4 6clodt morning r got the they i cabinets rugs his i orderly is an oblige no crafts Kinreed sergeant o Lee their commanding general right up at the where is so he walks around the front with his Long never t reprinted the and
