London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1945, London, Middlesex                                In 1945 by Dave Breger those Piui stilts the by the of a ass decent skywriter you can got a word what erf u4 Adolf move ural what Adolf to Hij in n i Slis on in the general lost o Stor Tanker his tank to we several stories War week will run on general and enlisted Man combinations which play such an important part in the Success of a division in Here Are two outstanding men out More than one is a High ranking officer whose Success lies in the planning the other is an enlisted Man whose Success lies in his ability to translate plans from a general into Yards gained on the germans killed in a it is through this combined operation that the american achieved outstanding combat these Are two men from a they Are representative of the Many who Are doing exemplary work added major general Robert commander of the 6th armoured is probably the Only general officer in the army to be busted to brigadier by the i it All somewhere in France the 6th armoured Spear headed third army race into Germany i the gerneral was up front with one if his artillery outfits observing the effect of the fire when an landed a Short distance before he could say what the a Small chunk of shrapnel zipped along the front of his away one of his stars clean As a being up front with his men is general grows pet outdoor an enlisted Man of the 86th told this Story was on outpost duty on the run to he and was crouched in my foxhole when All of a sudden Here was the general himself stand ing there and asking directions to the mos extreme outpost of the i was scared to death and i must have looked but the general talked to me for a while and As he was about to leave he said that he was scared As and not to let it bother and then he general grows Only boast is that he is As Good Soldier As any Man sixth army division photo major Robert grow and Everett in his and that takes some according to one of his staff officers told the Story of his message to a corps com Mander during the Battle around it seems that the division was being Given Short and limited objectives As they pushed toward the general found that he was reaching the and was Able to push on but  because of finally he called corps and his Tele phonic conversation with the corps commander has become one of the classics of the 6th divisional his blistering comment has become a matter of tradition in the grow was born in on he has served continually with tank outfits since the Early 30s from fort to the he was assistant chief of staff g3 of the 2nd armoured at fort Benning under George Patton in he served also with the 8th and 10th armoured he assumed of the 6th in at Camp general grow joined the regular army As a after graduation from the University of his promotion to brigadier general came in and the other Star was added Everett new Felt like a i in a pm with francs and no ration Here he the outstand ing Tanker in an outfit of firs class fighting men by his Robert he didst even have a his which had been his his Protection and his baby Ever since he hit the beachhead with july was it had been shot All the original Crew were he had been on but his tank and his had done a terrific As part of the 68th armoured he won himself a Silver Star during the Gramercy Wood engagement by taking command of a tank platoon after the lieutenant was holding open a Bridge and keeping a foothold on an Al important Bridgehead at Hansu Reid on Hansu Reid was a most critical grow and the Success or failure of our whole operation depended on this the Bridge was wired for demolition and if Tourjee haunt held on in the face of almost certain death they would have blown it and probably stopped knows his staff Tourjee is 31 years old and holds a purple heart with a he came into the army in he joined the 6th armoured at Camp a few Days and has been with them Ever his selection As the outs Tai enlisted Man in the outfit was not Only on his the 6th has a lot of men with he is a natural born his immediate co the men respect him and the officers Trust his judgment is keen and when he says go the men feel that he knows is after is the final test Tourjee was a combination machinist and construction worker in his Home town before the War and he Hopes to get Back to it in one piece id just As soon be an outstanding he Ive got a Jofe to do now and the better i do it the quicker i get the old Corner patrons up with a few hot Patch old Sarge passes pm on for the necessary items Are electricians rubber an old tin can from a used hot a vulcanized place the tape Over the Hole to be Coyer the tape with ration cellophane to prevent the tape from sticking to the place a gasoline soaked cardboard in the old hot Patch then place in the press As you would ordinarily ignite the cardboard and wait for be sure this method is completely shielded from the Apo is having trouble with artillery aiming posts which get stuck in the Frozen ground and cant be recovered when he wants to know How to keep the ground from that one has been referred to our women and weather but the old Sarge suggests that tying the aiming stakes onto a wooden pole or other piece of lumber will enable Gallo to take the stake with him and leave the Post in the hard mess 328th like that his army travels on its so up he pops with an idea for carrying pies in pans so that they wont be crushed by lying atop each the pie pans usually dont have any Evans so Ive invented a Little Gadget which will get die pies to the Guys in Good condition when we have Evans has welded Small Iron rods across the Corners of the pans and i Able to carry them in a baking and ing pan with no danger of the old Sarge intends to make it personal investigation of this pie Tion 109th aaa thinks the i without Snow camouflage is about As conspicuous As a fully Dame on a Minsky burlesque he writes a suggestion to solve the but not the same solution As Minsky would Hildenbrand thinks a Good Way overcome the problem is to to old halloween tactics we used As when we played hell with All the he suggests using plenty of Ordinary Chalk and flour you can talk the mess out of Ftp wearing equipment vehicles can be chalked up beautifully As to band with the he next week the presidents re psf to the american people 4 the state of the also new scope and combat army tinted in England by the times publishing printing Rouse and published by the United states armed