European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Members of the 3rd inf div scramble up the East Bank of the Rhine after crossing near Frankenthal Germany in late March 1945.on to a stars is. Mauldin a stripes Bill Mauldin arrived in Paris one Day in Early 1945 for what was supposed to be a Quick look at the French capital before he headed off to sketch the combat troops in Alsace. Getting to Paris had been easy. He had that jeep the 5th army had Given him plus a stack of trip tickets with the name a Maul Din entered As motor officer Driver Mechanic and so on to cover any possible contingency. He was dressed in the traditional garb of a Mediterranean theater correspondent a russian style fur hat from the 10th Mountain div 82nd airborne pants and boots and a 1st army div jacket sans sergeants stripes. A there i was obviously a crazy Man with a lot of stolen clothing on and a jeep that just had to be stolen because of those trip tickets a Mauldin said. A so i was immediately taken into custody by the in desperation Mauldin called the stars and stripes Paris edition and got Bob Moora on the line. A very interesting we should hear from you a Moora said. A we just got word that Patton is going to ban stars and stripes from the whole 3rd army area if we done to Stop running your Mauldin had in fact taken a few shots at Patton w to had been handing out fines of up to s50 for such things As driving a jeep with the Windscreen up not wearing a helmet or being found in want of a shave. Mauldin a classic Effort depicted Willie and Joe in front of a sign headed a you Are now in third army area a on which was printed a list of offences and their fines. Mauldin had added a few of his own to reduce the thing to utter Absurdity no helmet.$25 no shave.10 no buttons.10 no tie. 25 no shine.12.50 no shampoo .25 windshields up.25 trousers down.50 it was signed a by order of 01�?T blood and guts and the caption had Willie telling Joe a radio the old Man Well be late on account of a thousand mile Moora managed to get the maps to turn Mauldin Loose and the cartoonist was soon in the office of cmdr. Harry Butcher the Eisenhower aide who had dated Molly the Uso girl Back in Algiers. The plan hatched by Bill Estoff stripes resident Bookie was to get Patton to see Mauldin and air the whole thing out. A Butcher was very much aware of the Page 34 a 50th anniversary special edition saturday april 18, 1992
