London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1945, London, Middlesex                                Page 6 the stars and stripes 1945 the stars and stripes printed at tic tints poof euros Tor Anord under auspices the Inion Tim Tat kit foe special u4 Lafoia Alioa Cor Jents posted by the Al Rory Navy Centon  26 Sui its per year plus Eto entered As second Doss Mailer at Ike Pott new under and of All material appearing i this publication Lias beat Mitten and edited Fly uniformed members of the army Ait nary except where stated thai a a Fillan of other outside inure it editorial had bus Ness printing Home kc4 Tel uss Tinct offices Bedford 2184 Swindon 3424 Sutton Oaki february 1945 Brig 81ow t out heat the soldiers voice 1945 to the bag How Many servicemen have had a Good Chance to participate in strike and Black Market discussions on Pis is i for solution of postwar employment to satisfy the majority of civilians and and the peace and Best method of preserving the same in years i have yet to meet anyone who has been inter viewed by those who can speak for a Soldier in lets give the Fellows a Chance to speak for so they can build their own Here Are some suggestions publish in the stars and stripes a column revealing events influenced by servicemen 2 Send proportionate representation of All the armed forces to or assign the equivalent number of civilians to All Heaters of not As tourists but As permanent representatives of a Given 4 encourage Ana general interest by voluntary attendance at Camp or base meetings and Send All popular ideas where  win consider 5 invite the american press to Send Over a Hundred Ernie Pyles to represent the Given such maybe the Mil Lions in uniform now will fight As valiantly in civvies for a lasting the John bomb Gap end of suspense 1945 to the bag James Taylor and who Ever else subject slightly misleading air a slightly i was very Happy to see your Magnani Mous retraction in this to admit that you were not suspended in mid air with a flak suit As the Only Means of support is a Fine gesture on your because by doing so you have probably disillusioned some of your uneducated perhaps they wont believe in Superman but then again you have redeemed yourself with your fellow from now on when the boys starts telling fantastic air stories we wont shut them up with Tail gunner so you see your name shall not be used in vain any More to say nothing of we innocent we poor Tail gunners who have borne the Brunt of so Many jokes since the first Irving Bregman and 20 Oiler embarrassed Tail scientific the Moon affects the tide and the i who wont lie to a woman has Little consideration for Lier who said that when one woman is talking its a when two women Are talking its a Snappy lend me 100 will a i dont get paid till 1 Haven a 1 got paid this weeks once upon a time they pot a wac on guard a Short while later the of was instructing you wha is Stop or i will scream Soldier was brought before his co for creating a disturbance in a nearby liquor again asked the came the this time she licked overheard in the a i a whispered to his where did you thai Bow legged and bleached hair came the you  verse of the week by its titled the bitter i listen to your noncom Admire what they say then will come a Lorn Stripe with four Bucks extra j then be quite them know youre a scorning a change of behold thy All that some girls know about cooking 1945 to the bag in regards to left Etc on reaping what we 1 agree with his plans in dealing with the germans after we obtain just but firm decisions and judgments of All concerned but with his dislike for the kill the bastards or the dirty attitude 1 bitterly perhaps it is hard for most peace Loving people to but one of the spirits that enables armies to win wars is the spirit of hate from deep within the Why should we show even the slightest bit of mercy to those ruthless fanatics who have broken every Rule concerned with War hate is just a Little but it is a potent an essential that will help crush the just a battered Bastard of is How to bring a Soldier to a some girls fall head Over heels in love with real while others Heads reel and they fall in love with latest War Bond dont for get to buy a Bunch of to buy a Bunch of bombs to bomb a Bunch of heredity is something every father believes in until his children Start acting like he used to act when he was an editorial what will it take to win editorials have Sung a single song defeat the words cant kill that we but words can Tell what every Soldier who heard a burp gun or the crack of an 88 has these editorials have stressed the strength and fanaticism of the the years of indoctrination that make German kids such the backlog of training that turns old men into Schutzeus the cyclic rate of the my the cleverness of Ger Man equipment and its its Treyve taked about the totality ragout totality of the German War the singleness of purpose that prods the Man and that gives such impetus and staying Power to their these editorials have called for Unity Between Soldier and Between men who can and will run their own who believe in a state dedicated to the service of the who fight a common War against a system that humiliates and defeats the com these editorials have cried out and the total War Effort it takes to meet the total Effort of the they speak for those who have Felt the Ger Man who knows what strength it takes to beat who sees beyond the marches of the Reich to the Broad Blue Waters of the who have Learned the hard Way what every mile Means in blood and allies let nothing deflect us from our lets look beyond prejudices and total fallout Effort is a lets make the let us share the let us win the Uso shows Flop i Starm recruits belgian trousers by stars and stripes staff writer with is Uso shows which have toured 1st army areas have been such Complete flops that special service officers have formed three troupes of belgian entertainers and Are trying to line up six other groups to provide Good entertainment for John Chicago tribute Corre reported Thompson quoted officers As saying the introduction of civilian units came after soldiers started walking out on Uso shows which they considered inferior to any thing they had seen at he excepted Willie Joe Dinah Marlene Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire from but said soldiers considered some of the other big names at least 60 per cent of Uso one authority was is earning More Money Here than they could get in the third rate burlesque houses which Are their usual stands at the entertainment Field at the Thompson soldiers Felt needs More show people who Are More interested in doing their Best than in making he cited instances in which Uso personnel complained bitterly about the Lack of hot running water and electric lights in their and said too Many per formers expected to be spoonfed by grateful shows need to be bigger and better he said gis blankets 1945 to the bag As i was Reading the letter about blankets in the stars and stripes of the 31st of 1 happened to look out of my bed and see the Ward boy polishing the floor of the Ward with a i i inquired from him How Long he had been using he said ten Well do you think the floor needs polish ing As bad As a fellow needs it on she front i can remember when i was up there at one time the the called for four per As it got colder they asked us to turn one As the reinforcements coming up were without i didst mind even though when i left the lines we had two blankets and a sleep ing but this scene tops them slap for 1945 to the bag in regard to Happy or should i say who thinks that baseball players would find it too difficult to adapt to War How in hell do such stupid men get elected to a Al heres the fowl they fired but i got such a headache i aint stranded show was a Success Heinie River in g is sweated and laughed it quit with an on Sauer 11 infantry men were stranded on the German held Shore of the Sauer less than 150 Yards from an enemy heavy fire and the treacherous cur rent of the swollen River prevented reinforcements from reaching for 22 hours the eight doughs sweated Cut Shell splinters of 88s bursting behind exploding Short rounds from yank artillery on the other Side of the the menace of a nazi tank just up the found air safer army air Force photo it John of Forest Long is shown Here recuperating at army general Hospital in credited with shooting Down 37 German the 352nd fighter group Deputy commander was hospitalized from injuries received in an automobile Accident in Hill and the danger that one of the nazis in the pillboxes would spot for 22 hours they and then made up their minds to swim Back despite the swirling currents which raced past them in the foggy and at that moment doughs in an assault boat found if that boat haunt got we would have pulled out during the next said Harry of i cant figure out How the Ger mans didst see we  Lake a Chance on staying another where the eight doughs were the nazi Side of the Sauer is guarded by two pillboxes connected by a Horseshoe a tank covers the emplacement from a Vantage Point up a the Foxholes in which the eight hid were shielded from enemy observation by a raised Blacktop Road along the ban of the and their Only Way out was Back across the River where empty Assant boats swirled past periodically or Sank in in front of said pfc James of Redondo the Heinie were so close we could hear a Guy cursing when his burp gun and i could hear a Heine asking for directions on a Charles of came out of the scrape with the nickname Charlie All through the noisy night and most of the Leyte did comedy in pantomime for the stranded the doughs said they liked Best his gag of wearing a helmet crossing his eyes and impersonating they said where they were that was pretty an radio program 1447 to women tears for men if All the tears since time1 began which women kind hath shed for men were gathered together in one great lord what a tidal wave there it would drown the one and they sink in Salt 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