European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Humble beginning pubs and per diem Buzz bombs and battling the brass Benjamin Franklin Price 26th Man off the first boat of american troops to land in Britain in Early 1942, was slogging through the mud of Northern Ireland with the rest of the 34th inf div when history called. Price a night staffer on the Des Moines Register before the War was summoned to his commanders office that Day maybe six weeks after the outfits arrival. A who the hell do you know in London a the officer demanded. A no one sir a the perplexed pvt. Price answered. A Well you must know somebody because you re being reassigned. You re to report to the . Price was handed orders Given a new Stripe and summarily shipped off to the British capital the sole passenger on a c-47. On hand to meet him was 2nd . Mark Martin a former colleague the Register in Des Moines. He handed Price another new Stripe and then broke the news a a we re going to Start stars and stripes Back Price now retired in Vermont remembers that moment exactly. A i thought a How Lucky can one Guy get a a so was the Humble Start of the stars and stripes in world War ii. First printed As a weekly 50 years ago today the paper would go on to become one of the worlds largest dailies with some 25 wartime editions and a circulation that topped 2 million. continues today still serving american military personnel in Europe in 42 countries from Iceland to Turkey from Norway to North Africa. The idea for the paper had started with an offhand remark from the Boss the kind staff officers live for. All those american servicemen streaming into Britain have their own newspaper Franklin Delano Roosevelt continued on Page 5 thes weekly Newi Piper of the . 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