European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 a French girl rewards a 36th inf div Soldier As the unit moves North toward  Strasbourg continued from Page 27 45th div paper was already there so Mauldin took their Layouts added a few late news bulletins and slapped on a stars and stripes logo. A by the time id taken out the stuff that was strictly 45th div i had a Page to fill so i did a full Page cartoon something id always wanted to do a he said. The Printer agreed to take Mauldin Siou for a 50,000-copy press run and in an hour or two he was driving Back a toward the bulk of the advancing troops a handing out bundles of the first Grenoble edition of the stars and stripes. Quot the troops were a Little bemused by the whole thing a he said. A one of the groups i met was the Advance staff of stars and stripes All loaded onto a weapons Carrier and puffing up this Mountain Road. I gave them the rest of the papers and handed them the iou that i had Given the printers. As i recall Earl Erickson was in charge. I told him a stars and stripes has already been published and its my  a a second Southern France edition opened in the resort City of Nice in september. It was shuttled to Marseilles two weeks later when a general there complained about delivery but moved Back five months later when yet another general said he preferred it in Nice. To cover any future moves the paper was renamed the Southern France edition. Vic Dallaire was managing editor of a staff that included Bill Estoff Bill Brinkley George Hakim and John Radosta among others. Paul Green the med edition staffer who a authored the a a we re in Rome piece in june met up with Mauldin in Grenoble just after the City had fallen to the allies. Members of the resistance had already begun rounding up French citizens who had collaborated with the germans including teen aged members of the Malese a sort of French Hitler youth that had helped terrorize the populace. A they seized them held a mock trial and immediately sentenced them to be shot a Green remembers. A there was an absolute pouring rain that Day but All the people in the town showed up a in a Way they had to because Many of them had had members of their families killed by these kids. And they really were kids 16-, 17-Ycars old. And in the pouring rain the firing squad lined up and bang shot them dead. The crowd which had been held Back became wild and rushed in trying to seize the bodies of these kids to literally tear them apart. A War a Green said. A you can never have an experience again that even  As the front line inched northward Mauldin a Grenoble edition was shut Down and moved to Besant on. A Short while later it was decided that All editions in France should fall under the Paris Headquarters. In All the Mediterranean staffs foray into France lasted eight weeks but it had been both Short and Sweet. In the space of two months the Mediterranean staff had opened four new editions All of them Well ahead of army Headquarters and two a Grenoble and Ocsan on a ahead of division command posts. Several staffers including de Clark Vic Dallaire Paul Green Jack Raymond and Ralph Martin decided to stay with the Paris Camp. Mauldin and a few others returned to Rome. A by late 1944, the 1st and 9th armies were making such dramatic Progress that the Paris circulation department  keep up with the front and it was decided that a new edition should be opened in Liege Belgium. Charles Kiley Hutton and Moora visited the City in december and took Over la Meuse a belgian newspaper that had most recently hosted the German staff of a Magazine called signal. Carl Larsen a Chicago Newspaperman who Hail joined the paper in the Early Days in London was brought in As managing editor. Correspondents covering the fighting in the area included Andy Rooney and Bud Hutton Ralph Martin Ernie la scr and Russ Jones. Ken Zumwalt a copy editor who had moved up from Paris also travelled to the front whenever he could Wrangle a few Days off from the desk. Zumwalt a wanderings weren to always appreciated a a hell of a Way for a cop Reader to spend his Day off a grumbled one li6ge editor a but he came through with a few memorable stories that helped get the 3rd army div on Page 1. Other staffers included Bill Spear Max Gilstrap Art Force and John Sharnick. The real heroes of the edition however were Tom Dolan and Maurice Blackman two former infantrymen who brought the daily comics and other essentials a like Champagne and Cognac a up from Paris. By april the Liege operation would be left behind by most of its readers and the staff would be sent on to More Active editions. New years Day 1945 found the 7th army with desperately Little to celebrate. Patton a 3rd army had been moved to counter the German bulge in the ardennes and the 7th was being asked to hold far More of Alsace than it could manage. Finally word was sent to unit continued on Page to French partisans meet up with american troops following the landings in Southern France. Zumwalt saturday april 18, 1992 50th anniversary special edition a Page 29