London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1945, London, Middlesex Page 2 the stars and stripes 1945t the Smailis and stripes primed at us Publ facing 1 Lor aimed under auspices of the information and special and information contents pasted Fey army and nary a Maori subscription 26 shillings per year plus Eto entered As second class matter at Ike Post new under tile act of All material appearing in tills publication has been written and edited by Lin formed members of the army Ami Navy stated that a of Lilian or it being editorial and business printing Hooe ec4 District offices Bedford 2184 Swindon 3424 Sutton Oats february 1945 Case history 1945 to the bag this is Case history the editor should great Days air corps 1942may report air note achieved pfc rating scheduled for rating to but did not ratings were Frozen for various june 1943march old College a St Harvard graduated with honors in russian language and Central european area study March glorious Day joined the infantry on the last two weeks of Tennessee May news paper men Over 30 the Man in the Case is now Long with the r somewhere in of purple sometime in pm Oak Leaf since the now my question should i and if i where the hell will it get 1 p s have never gone through an obstacle or a Bayonet course in my train the records say i made the night shot the made a 25 mile and i say the hell i did everyone business 1944 to the bag i am interned in a Neutral country and have been Here for some but that Doest mean i dont keep up with the go news the stars and stapes when i can get hold of but i can say this Ive followed the articles by Mutton and Price and took them at their face Lill you published a letter by Francis Knight and Shelby they Why dont civilians keep their noses out of our business Over Here maybe we didst exactly mind our own business when we let Hutton and Price write these but i think its just As much and civilian s business to know what i Joe and Jane think of and and How the War is coming As it is our business to know what the folks Back Home Are think ing and have frught and Palmer for gotten that their family Are also and maybe they it a Little of their business too in not in the War at but i sure Hope i could get Back soon and mind tiny own As Well As the Bone of Contention 1945 to the bag Ever since Russia and the entered the War it has been continually stressed by political Heads that this is War of con yet for the past few months one has hardly been Able to pick up a paper Khout Reading How much and part of Holland and France of course some have been careful to state that their Only object is to make their boundaries Safe from future a it is my own opinion that the Safe boundaries have very Little to do wih its the same greed for territorial con quest that prompted Hitler to Start this and even if Germany is the Daggres it still Doest give any of these nations the right to conscript territory other than their own original land it this War is fought for what Ive been Ted to taking the German annexing the largest portion to other is not going to teach the German people democracy and it will Only be a Bone of Contention for future Lover of base air p47s and ads 1945 to the bag i really dont know what units of the air corps participated in the big Deal around Bastogne during the Xmas holi but i would like to offer my sincerest thanks to the people who Manu facture the ground Crews that keep pm and last but not the Guys who have the guts to Fly i sincerely believe they saved my life As Well As Many i would also like to thank the to outfit for the sup port they would be proud to have them with me in the next rat ode to a braise the Ham and pass the and then there was the doctors Secre tary who inadvertently started a letter to a dead came the am not dead in spite of having been attended by you for the past ten a wac once when a girl marries she gives up the attentions of Many men for the inattention of in our Humble opinion one of the Best poems of the War is this Jingle from George somewhere in Bel Gium soldiers who wish to be a hero number practically those who wish to be civilians number Way up in the nearing the an Ether who has been around see he has finally found a girl who Doest after 10 and then theres the choline conversation overheard by mines a mess sergeant told a Takeoff like a to which the Joe i should be Able feed me like overheard in the drinking Calvados is just like drinking turpentine Down in pfc de Goldberg women make the Best they outline things so the sergeant was giving some new Guys a workout on the Rifle one private kept flagging Maggie drawers with every shot and the Sarge blew his take a Fine he yelled for the Hundredth dont you know what a Fine sight is1 blithely retorted the a boat Load of sergeants Daffy nation received via Carrier a Shore patrol is a fellow who keeps a Sailor from getting As tight As has an editorial the new Guy joins the squad the reinforcement was tired and he didst know what to expect when he joined the the squad was in the cellar of a beat up German first time in combat they asked when he said they youre sure in it then they gave him a seat by the and a and a and this is what the squad said to the new reinforce youre in the first squad of the third platoon of love 310th 78th the old mans name is the shoulder Patch is White Light youre now officially a member of Sparky parkers burned out lightning everybody somehow the new Guy Felt they gave him dont be it aint As Tough As you keep Dott freeze or mortar in on look for the source of the fire then move in on it and give pm the take care of that its your Best and use them dont Bunch just take it Calm and they talked about the about his automatic his swell How he fights like a gives like a wheedling and dont Trust the Bas the old timers there there the reinforcement Drew a deep this int As bad As i he i want As scared of the Kraut As i was of the i thought youd give a new Guy the works hell youre one of the my backside depends on your backside depends on me and you and the other our backsides Are All in this if we stick to maybe Well All get out big 3 arrange to repatriate liberated pcs detailed arrangements for the protect maintenance and repatriation of prisoners of War and civilians of the Britain and Russia liberated by Allied armies were made in a special reciprocal agreement Between the three great Powers at the Crimea under the in two separate but identical one Between Britain and the other Between the and ally will provide medical Atten Tion and care for other needs of the nationals of the other countries until transport is available for their rep Atria the agreement pledged the three governments to give every assistance consistent with operational requirements to help to insure that All those prisoners of War and civilians Are speedily re Coos Bay it is Coos 13 its still Coos Bay this coastal which keeps voting whether it should be called Coos Bay or voted in a special election this week to retain the name Coos it used to he up front with Mauldin take off yer Bat when a mention Dames there a reverent a big shot poops out he taught the nazi one it dont pay to slap no texan by Ernie Leiser stars and stripes stuff writer with 35ra zoo suited nazi officer made a big mis take when he clipped his texan prisoner across the the texan was pfc Joseph who worked in the oilfields near his Home at Avery before he got in the along Wilh nine of his Tex was on his Way Back from a night patrol behind the German when they ran into a communications Tex crawled into it and found it was Well populated with after a the next thing he remembered was being led Between two Jerries into a beaten up House in the town he had just they shoved him into an unfurnished room and took his Rifle leaving him his they kept him in the room the rest of the night and the next Day without food or when he pulled a pack of cigarettes out of his one of his captors yanked the pack away and kept about the nazi whom Tex called the big shot came into the he was dressed in a Slick Black according to he was shined to a want a spot on Tex was hauled before the big and the Blac Clad polite at tried third degree questioning in excellent an radio program american forces the ref on the Road to Berlin on your dial 1375 3402 1411 1420 1447 14 we sports up the the moments in from the up the sports supper the air eighth air with mercers music band of the condos jazz Hod with Frances Jerry Colonna and Skinny news from the off until 0755 15 album with Joan studio by Freddy time Wilh Abe Lyman after British band of the up the Newstrom the on the continent listen to your favorite an programs ova the Allied expeditionary forces program 383 also shortwave band Between and 1900 Tex stubbornly refused to give anything tout his rank and serial and that when the Gemma made his he really blew his Tex re he backhanded me across he knocking me Down and doing this touched his still swollen then he had me hauled out of the screaming he was Gonna kill the texan was Hurt and resolved to his Chance came a few minutes later when the German guarding him with his own my turned the other Way for just a in that Tex jumped the took the Rifle from and bashed him Over the head with that was one out of the Tex started As he rounded the the big shot came from the Otter he was looking right Dowa the Tex All i had to was pull the it blew a Hoff through his head right he pointed to a spot just beside his on his Way out of the Tex shot the guard at tube door through the and fled out of the town he feed 13 shots at close Range on the Way and estimated he killed about ten germans who blocked his i was he and 1 want going to let anyone Stop All night Long he zigzagged through Woods and Fields toward his own and All night Long the germans chased they threw machine he and they kept it like Daylight with their at still followed by the he reached his own lines and being shot at first by w own on his arrival two nights and a Day after he he Learned that Only two others of his patrol were sob and his co Learned that a texan cant be talked out of anything by j German big newmans Yankee doodles if Yon Ever come into my after the you get sat sizes As a
