London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1945, London, Middlesex                                In unit news 1945 unit news russian i an eager report returned airmen by Vei non Bowen sure and stripes unit correspondent army airways communication russian i is a strapping with a Hearty sense of a Strong hatred for nazis and an amering capacity for that sums up the composite picture of the average soviet Soldier brought Back by men of the macs who have returned to the the russian Lias one destroy the Gen Ryan he Doest look like a smart uniform is ill fitting and lie lacks comforts Many soldiers Hes a vicious fighter who can Hever forget the atrocities of the nor forget his ravaged youve never seen an eager Beaver until youve seen a russian declared John of Hes strictly on the Well disciplined soldiers John of Orchard pictured red Soldier As thoroughly finely trained in military the soldiers were told that All russian ranks Salute one but were set Back somewhat when they discovered that the russians had obviously been told the same about the first few Days we spent most of our time saluting one Rock Wood and St was difficult to any work like Rio it visitors to the soviet was impressed by the Man sized Job being done by russian Ive seen them forking from Daybreak until dark unloading steel runway mat strips from Railroad he and then get to work Jit Dawa the next Day laying the runway joke Steps at work As the practical joke had its Day in russian the macs Deta climent had a sergeant whose ego a bit of so the boys took a s russian sentry under their taught him a few words of and set the when the sergeant passed the red guard the next he was with sad russian Courtesy the but at times a bit too for they once sent the american mess Hall a huge Pitcher of Vodka which was placed on the Timble in lieu of one thirsty Joe came briskly into the me shall after a Bard poured him self a full Glass of and downed it in a said Glen of it raised him right out of his engine repair record smashed Fly air depot base air Ink pot area commending Coli William ask division chief from for the production Morris of san disclosed that the 1st base air depot started 1945 by smashing every record in the books for engine Over hauling in Els on engine overhauling Assembly in the turned out aircraft engines for frontline action during the big Gest previous Njo nth was last August when Power plants were Over in the depot turned out More than is you Hoodoo or aint you Hoodoo he air transport com a 13letter pfc Malvina of port snaps her ringers at superstition heres Why in joining the she took her physical with 13 was sworn in and assigned to company Malvina got her overseas orders on the 13th and arrived in the on the she received her first Stripe at this rate its even Money she will return to the states on the some some awards and decorations unsolicited it crack gunners did All the work Over Berlin last saturday for Vernon fort Bombardier from a Limik of flak parsed through the pierced his map and hit the bomb releasing the bombs of who had a Cut be shows Wise the Ste Duldt the ship and the legion of Merit Joel Silver Star John elder William 1 Cullerton Lawrence Luke Gene Good Frederic Kiessl los Angeles Seymour Kansas City Hewitt Alphonse distinguished flying Cross Clarence Winfield Pasadena Franklin Glen Joseph Pasadena John Donald Albert William soldiers medal William Chicago Theodore Ohio Harold Brooklyn William Minneapolis Walter Detroit John South Martin Kitchen Bronze Star Samuel Lynn Thomas Hooper and Charles Hooper Dale Leon Joseph Oklahoma Martin air medal Charles pleasant Thomas peach Akron Hoyt William William Hoar William Van John William Philadelphia Harold Oil Iowa George 3hio Anthony Marshall Memphis Jonathan lock Truman Lewis Thomas Pittsburgh Sherman Kenneth Oklahoma Donald Miles Robert Roii Ert Ted Ouis Charles Brooklyn Carl Archie of Angeles Jackson Detroit 3eorge James Roanoke Glenn Leroy Reavell ack John Omaha Lee Moses j purple Heafer James in Forklyn Hubert Jedward Irving Joe Omaha Woody Waymon Alfred Harris m Lestier George White Douglas Sterling Edward Silfred land Leroy pics Wilbur Rich James Ala Salvadore Rochester Christie Bronx Andrew Cleveland Dan Henry Jack Howe us Ohio James Ohio Adolph Mckee Alben Bernard it Ohio Hong Detroit Charles Joseph de Iowa Tillman Lester William Chicago Jacob Lawrence Jack Sam Roper fort Mervin Frank Vallese Meredith Forrest Michael Schilling moves up 56th Thunderbolt group formerly Deputy Lucian fighter Ace from to p has been named co of to scoring fighter succeeding David of traverse who has been assigned to 8th air Force 26 years army gets Silver Oak leaves 12th Hospital her recent promotion to the rank of lieutenant Agnes of became the highest rank ing army nurse in the she is chief nurse of a group of several in All my 26 years in the she i never dreamed i would some Day be a Resch began her army career As transport travelling Between new York and Brest in world War she also served More than six years in the Philippines and three years in puerto mild and bitter Harmony the gis in this fam Iligir scene Are 55th fighter group maps of All members of the first overseas chapter of the society for the preservation and encouragement of Barber shop singing in of Yod Elers left to right George John Eckhart Charles Frank Johns sgt Bernard and John spa Dand by Sid Schapiro snowbound forts make b17 a ground Citadel 4 escape storm in peat bog 452nd bomb flying fortress became a ground fortress when panting Stork ii crash landed in its Crew ate and slept in the bomber for six piloted by Clem of the bomber had pounded German rail Yards at crippled by the fort was nursed Back Over France through Clouds and a Blind ing plunging through a Hole in the Clouds to come out Over a French town and setting Down at an Airfield on the fringe of infantry officer and several maps from a nearby unit drove up in a jeep and suggested that the airmen stay with their plane until they could be transported to since it want Safe to be wan Dering around with German paratroopers known to be in the two months before two nazi planes had crash landed on the same Robert Waist gunner from Long went to battalion head quarters with the ground and re turned to the bomber with k rations and three that a swirling blizzard Deve we were Cut off from the rest of the Schaller the follow ing Days were rations were running Low and it was impossible to see More than two feet from the it was so we could hardly on the sixth the Snow stopped four Allen Copilot from and three Walter of Presque George of and Lloyd of to town to round up Alert French seeing the four men walking Down the streets dirty and unkempt in their heated flying suits that looked like Luftwaffe notified american stopping in a cafe on their Way the airmen found the lace surrounded by one of had the fliers the Day hey landed and recognized family reunions the have become As common As brass on Park but the circumstances which bring them about always have that rare for Earl infantryman from is recovering from a wound at 131st Hospital where his brother Kenneth is a pfc xray while James Rifle platoon Leader from recuperating at 315th hos is under the care of his an army it was a three Way get together for the mulligans of East when wac Dorothy Servy ing with an army airways tons system Wing got a Surprise visit from brother i pfc just Back from brother a surprised by walking in on the they haunt seen each other in Over two in the Case of pfc Louis a pm from Kansas opportunities to meet brother Joe presented them but just didst pan when Joe arrived in the As a 384lji bomb group fort Lou had just left for an injury in an Accident at the front brought him Back to Lou tried again but at the bomber Only to learn Joe was on his Way to the another brother who flew with the 384th before Joe joined the was killed in action the very Day Louis arrived in the pics Armando and Mike Brothers from Al were in the same foxhole near Eindhoven when a bomb hit Mike escaped with out a but Armando was wounded in the right ankle Anil is now convalescing at an army Hospital in the for dope on Aerial warfare against the this department refers interested gis to Durward of and Maurice of both of whom flew in the Pacific As enlisted Fesmire Lias completed 133 missions As a fort 98 in the South West Pacific and 35 with the 40hf bomb group in the White Lander Sailor gets Silver Star for daring exploit on Day Navy of who risked his life o facilitate the successful disembarkation of troops and equipment from his Landing raft during the invasion of has been awarded the Suver Collins volunteered to test the depth of the water Between the ramp of his raft and the in face of heavy enemy fire and in water infested with obstacles and mines he went Over the Side and calmly carried out his George of and the has won the Vavy and Marine corps medal for saving life of a British Sailor last Nauman was passing a wharf at Devon during the Black of night when he hear the cries of the British and struggling in the he stripped Aff his jumper and brought the drowning Man to other naval awards in the Eto Bronze Star Mclvin Sioux and Marble Robert Glen in David Urple heart in Robert commendation Arnold Green George Wash and Frederick Frank Malcolm and Cleve sailors knot James Skelly of new and miss Helen Mitchell of Ere married in James last Wright is assistant to the coast guard officer and his ride is Secretary to economic the minister of an 8ra air Force bomber their fortress crashed into the Side of a Mountain during a raging killing two four others huddled in a peat bog for More than three hours until rescued by a searching party of nine shepherds and a dog in the rugged Hills of Northern suffering minor injuries in the the four hurried away from the flaming wreckage in fear of exploding two had their flying boots and socks blown All four found Refuge in a peat bog Hole which resembled a Fox since the two Barefoot airmen were unable to descend the the Joel Berly radio operator from George of Howard of William Kauf of to remain in their improvising shoes from Parachute silk and awaiting the end of the two noticing the bomber flounder in the anticipated the crash and organized the searching leading others a a three hour Cumb up the the rescuers finally reached the wrecked but did not locate the survivors until a dog which accompanied them started Barking at the Edge of the three other survivors stumbled through the whirling Snow to a Mountain where the never having seen american refused them admittance until they had proved themselves to be Allied they were George Kyle Pilot from James Copilot from Snow and Ernest Schriefer Engineer top Turret gunner from Richmond the two men killed were Fred navigator from and Frank Turner our a Borrner referred to the incident nose gunner from a new twist in fighter support in relating How two unidentified Mustang pilots came to the assistance of John Tail gunner from and Leo Waist gunner from when they bailed out of their Fla battered a Strong Westerly wind kept carrying the 92nd bomb group gunners toward Londer Fesmire k a Veteran of More than 85 heavy bomber of which Over 50 were in the Pacific As a staff louder has been hitting the nazis As a bomb group Fesmire logged 133 while the completed its the bomb a lib has also hit the double Century no crossed rifles for old doughboy  an air service command current transformation of com z As Well As aah ground into infantrymen is not helping pfc John 39yearold chinese Ameri can i from new fulfil his one rejoin his old the 9th infantry he fought with the foots loggers through Africa and after which Wong was tabbed limited he enlisted Back in landed in Northern Ireland in on 8 he was storming the Beach at at Kasserine pass a Jerry Bullet creased his knee and Laid him up for five but he got through Al Huettar All the going at Sicily want but an old shoulder ailment returned to plague he was shipped to wound up with the air service Wong has a reputation for being Good Soldier at his ask ordnance ammunition depot where he ships out bombs for forts and German lines when along came the p51s literally to blow the b17 crewmen Over Friendly territory with prop As they repeatedly buzzed the unsolved by too an St of service command Clare of Redwood and a Crew of mechanics put together a b17 composed of Douglas and Boeing parts in exactly 21 the fort was appropriately named laurels for heroes 803rd Hospital vitalized gis who have been individually cited for various acts of heroism in action were tendered a banquet by this at an arc club near music and entertainment were furnished the 155 t Dale 19yearold min rang group Pilot from Mckee believes he is the youngest fighter Pilot to have destroyed five of More Nad bagging his fifth a Jet near because of his fellow pilots Call him Bobby socks by the i baseball fans at 34th Hospital Are getting an earful from one who knows Whitey of former Cincinnati reds and cards Hes recuperating frontal an infected right the result of injury sustained while training in land with his Engineer m c Julian wounded dough i boy from and no wife know All there is to be known about the Park is chief of Selec five service in Home is practically just around the Comer for John King of the 436th troop Carrier who sees his parents from time to bom in the King came to England at the age of his family stayed Here 14 months before returning to the in the King clan again came 1o but John did not make this now stationed in the the Corporal takes his passes to Newcastle where his folks Are in the restaurant he has two Brothers in the Raf and another in the us printed in England by the times publishing limited Rouse and published by the United states armed