European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 a Day to Strasbourg continued from Page 29 Headquarters in Strasbourg to pull Back and realign along the Moder River. The French 1st army would be sent As soon As possible to take control of the City. The sight of the american troops packing up drove Many residents to panic and thousands took to the Road during the night of Jan. 2. Under orders to leave most of the stripes staff went with them. But de Clark and Vic Dallaire veterans of stripes editions in Italy and Southern France wanted to stay. A a we a been Down in a warehouse area on the canals of Strasbourg a Clark remembers. A they were stocked full of German supplies big rounds of cheese military Cognac that nobody wanted to drink Bonbons that kind of stuff. A Vic and i had our jeep and wed rounded up a big cheese for Madame Graf the owner of the Little hotel wed taken Over and a lot of Bonbons for the  when the pair returned they found one of Madame grass employees a pretty Young woman they called unbelievable removing the american British and French flags that had been Hung outside the hotel. A she was taking Down the flags crying her eyes out and explained that everyone was leaving a said Clark now retired near Washington. A a lot of residents wanted to go too but the americans Thi Battle of belgian bulge nears Climax . It army Gaiin hum Back up pm far a Nan find supermen cant beat Tai amp to with ban Flandi far 1u Cra grrr Tali Chat it a Finis jul Lap m a we Imp Hadj Cir i combat Gla rate real a had set up machine gun positions along the Road to make sure they did no to leave. A that sort of pissed us off so we decided we weren to going to  the pair headed for the 7th army Provost marshals office to get permission and they found the officer just climbing into his jeep for the move out of town a a you be had your orders a the major said As his vehicle lurched away. They stayed anyway and by Nightfall Only a handful of americans remained in the City now threatened from three sides. To the East the germans occupied Kohl just on the other Side of the Rhine. German units were also in Colmar 30 Miles South and others had re crossed the Rhine to the North and ferried in tanks. Using radio broadcasts As their sole source of news Clark and Dallaire continued to publish. At the request of a wounded . Army general who was holed up in the Strasbourg police station Clark and Dallaire also began running translations of the news in French and German. Following the press run the stripes men would Load the paper in their jeep and drive through Strasbourg dropping bundles at bars and in front of each of the City a locked up Newsstands. Strasbourg residents hungry for any word on their Fate snatched up copies by the thousands leaving German pfennig behind As payment. That caused a bit of a problem for Clark and Dallaire since they a been distributing the paper to the troops for free and soviet Chi Mot of bid Ltd Taulma top a . Tank patrols the streets of Strasbourg. Above from left stars and stripes staffers de Clark Wade Jones and Vic Dallaire. Had no Way to account for the Money. They finally decided to give it All to Madame Graf to help offset their Bill at the hotel. Although tense things went Fine until Early saturday when Clark was awakened by sounds from the cobblestones Square in front of the hotel. He rushed to Dallaire a room and shouted Quot the krauts Are  together they crept to the window and peered carefully through a crack in the shutter a just in time to see a one armed French colonel on a White horse leading a column of Barefoot mor Rocan Gou Miers Down the Street. The French had finally arrived. The rest of the staff returned a few Days later and regular publication of the paper resumed. Clark and Dallaire later moved with the paper to Nancy but Strasbourg never forgot them. The City renamed a Street Avenue Des stars and stripes. There was talk of court Marti Aling Clark and Dallaire for disobeying orders until the French government stepped in and awarded them the Croix de Guerre for having prevented a panic in the City. At that Point the court martial talk evaporated and the pair were awarded the Bronze Star a few months  a Page 30 a 50th anniversary special edition saturday april 18, 1992