London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1945, London, Middlesex                                Page 2 the stars and stripes 1945 the stars and stripes printed at the times Pertll Shine for Arr Aird under auspices of the ibo Nutton Educ Natlea Sicul  contents paused the army and Navy seators  26 shillings per tear plus to entered As second class matter at the vast new under the act of All material appearing in this publication has been written and edited by uniformed members of the army and nary except where stated that a civilian Orother outside source it Orl jut editorial and business printing House ec4 District official Bedford 2184 Swindon 34x4 Sutton Oaks february 1945 out near truth and propaganda 1945 to the bag with Many european nations steeped deeply in the Feudal traditions of bygone it is with Little wonder that their eyes bulge with incredulity when they read soldiers criticisms of everything they want to blow off about in the stars and they think its dangerous that regimented soldiers Are allowed to express such imagine what a profound effect would take place if the stars and stripes were printed in All european languages and distributed by millions to these what an influx of democratic idea would spread like wildfire truth thank stronger than pseudo psychological de comply 1945 to the bag we Are three thoroughly browned off Why must combat weary gis be subjected to rear Echelon Chicken we Reaze that must be a certain amount of regulation on any but when convalescing patients pull three Days extra duty in the Kitchen for walk ing on the it Calls Tor some Strong blowing out of that old it seems that this certain Captain spends a Good Deal of his time peering out of his office waiting to trap any naughty Soldier who walks off the path and treads on his precious we would like to suggest i that a special guard be posted to snare so that this officer can attend to his duties if has that our steams bring on that tank Pic convalescent an average americans slant i 1945 to the i think its about time a lot of average americans Start sounding our bigwigs j know How we feel about our postwar relations with our neighbouring nations and what part we want to play in in pot a but id like to Tell you what one average american i of that we must be Friendly with All of our lets like an average american family using Good Doest find it too difficult to with its neigh Bors in an average american Good neighbors Are Friendly and but they mind their own business and keep their noses out of affairs that dont concern to get along in a com a family Doest get involved in another family Domestic squabbles Smith Doest Brown that his daughter is too Young to get i dont mean we should isolate our if a neighbor wants to borrow cup of lend it to we May want to borrow his Lawnmower but lets sit in our own Back with a watchdog lying handily at our and if a prowler comes we can overseas consoler 1945 to the bag i cant quite understand the attitude of those bitches who yell so loudly and cause so much trouble because of their length of service i have been in the army five years and overseas i spent three years in the tropics and then came Over but i dont want to go because we have a War to and i aim to stay and see it i have been wounded twice am now recovering from my most recent Send any of those Guys who pity them selves to me and ill try to console improvement 1945 to the bag enough is a joke can go so this one carried it too 1 dont know who this but from what he sent one would be impressed that Hes one of these know it All with a couple of degrees to Back him imagine having the nerve of sending me a improve to a Book like that is fit for children to i can prove to Wayne that Ive had some in a High school with an academic preparatory to it May not be much to brag but enough to be Able to meet any if he can beat my with a degree or i  mind it and take it All in a f demand an explanation warning on an air base bulletin Board to All Eto demobilization dont get caught with your Points after a certain playwrights comments on Brooklyn Jim Foley of Flatbush Calls his Home town no cowards tis quips Johnny that the British Way of answering the Telephone is better than our they Are you if youre not theres no use in going on with the a wac asked another i won der what soldiers talk about when there by probably the same things we replied her Arent they exclaimed the wac who started the Marian Konter sends us this a Joe it says Here  bring your wife Over if you enlist for ten to which his pal com i aint sure i got that Long a contract with my we know a certain signal corps major who is Drifting around London these Days with a very red face and a sheepish after sweating out tickets for he got them and invited a Young lady to go to one of the hit plays of the they seated themselves and waited for the opening suddenly an usher Ette tapped the major on the shoulder and asked to see his ticket was a brigadier general and guest standing claiming the same the Majo soon discovered that he was in the right he had come to the play a week too i it costs a lot of dough to say it with Flowers right its still a Heck of a lot cheaper than putting it in and then there was the Guy who was crazy to get he didst realize it until after he got overheard in a Bistro the Way to fight that woman is with your it and an editorial the squad and Art he squad attacked in Field of pants and com Bat with helmets on their Heads and six Bandolier of unbent ammo Over each mans and grenades dangling All stripped for they toted no fancy no no shaving Cream nor shaving no except the stuff it takes to kill they had no no no no whisk so that through the grime of Battle there crept the stubble of a and chaff from the Straw Clung to their tousled hair and and there were mud and stains All Over and Here and there a Little the water froze in their there was ice in the Coffee was too precious to Wash and Snow int much Good to scrape off the dirt and the and so there were clots in the Corners of their and oozy stuff in their and dirt in their and bristles on their it was that Way with with the the Captain and the battalion com Mander because when they we rent they were work and when they we rent work for those few precious minutes they after a few Days up came a copy of the stars and with an up front with Mauldin car with and circles under the the squad outside they but inside they 1844 by Vexet realm in Ive Given you the Best years o me for the squad Art when they saw the Mirror held up to showing the world the indecency of they with the humor of and they respected the cartoon for its and they wished they had hot water and a Blade and and a Chance to clean up and become men they like the unlimited service doughs find Home in the of by Richard Wilbur stars arid stripes staff writer x434th troop Carrier ground Force wounded after they helped drive the Ger mans Back from the Normandy Beach Heads to the Reich found a Home in the air Force Here a week there still trying to get used to two of them have exchanged their guns for tool to repair c47s and another took his first plane ride today the fourth wondered How come air Force officers Arent As strict As a sergeant on the front the four were assigned to the air Force As part of a reverse reinforce ment and Are on limited they were inclined to figure that it was More like unlimited service in three bed every warm food three times a regular working the Only trouble is getting to one former Doug foot we lie awake till 11 or maybe the Beds Are they were thinking Back today about tin end there supposed to go to c but you mentioning a Carton of fags makes me think you and me could talk a Little Beds during their combat Days on the the Only kind of bed that Grover of could remember As a machine gunner with the 28th was some Straw he found once to put in his a Choice of Beds in the Nijm Egen area still was a vivid memory to Walter of South former antitank gunner with the 7th armoured it amounted to High ground that had been medium ground zeroed in by German or Low ground that turned into water when he stalled digging a these two wounded combat together with pfc William of peace too much goes to War for peace san town on a 15day Charles of the merchant  get any Gas for a car he had or buy any cigarettes or find a place even to stand at a whats he had to line up everywhere and things were too after three Days of civilian hard Howard signed up on a ship and headed for the Battle zones he there was a semblance of former squad Driver in a 90th division heavy weapons and pfc Eugene of formerly a gunner with a 1st army a quieter than most and More an air Force Soldier at this due for a Transfer to the asked Barber the other Day Why who looks and walks like any Able bodied had been discharged from the i just explained about me being said hospitalized for three months after his left Arm and right leg had been riddled by shrapnel from an he now operates a prospective infantry reinforcements Here keep asking about the six week train ing these former ground Force men repeated today you can learn in six weeks what you can in two and after three Days at the youll know whats going the four air Force recruits Haven any remedy for the situation which infantry recruits from Here May meet when it seems like those Jerry shells Are going to get in bed with nor for the Situa Tion wherein the four though have not been sent but Barber put it this Way weve All got the Job of ending this Are jobs Here i can Gapinski the boys have found a Home in the air in other Woodworth american forces network on your dial 1375 1402 1411 1420 1447 17 old radio sports dance the up the up the in from the night news trom the american night 18 for of Charm with Phil Spitalney All girl in the modern radio news from the after Navy Kayes sunday from the sports barn York philharmonic 1715aef up the sports album of familiar Benny Parade with Mark Warnos and Frank Carless news 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