Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Saturday june 12, 1043the stars and stripes weekly Page it Pup text poets in other Fields and now in other Fields the pop pies grow put Distant from to Tat verdant flemish land Liete year by year. The silent classes stand among Hie blood red poppies Row on Row for once again the mortal tide must flow enc intoning this far tunisian strand. And splashing Africa s historic Sand with that same bloody Dye Ute poppies show. A there in Flanders where our rattlers sleep. So there. By storied Carthage sleeping lie our Brothers they who fell while holding High tile sacred flame that we Are pledged to keep. For their sons now and ours eternal May it glow Liat not in vain they fought who sleep Wiere poppies grow. �?8gt. R. D. He Gilbert command performance tile Ward was in an uproar Cloas reigned supreme tile surgeon waved a message which bore the urgent theme a prepare for operation a it a general so and so arriving there at id am res dangerously Low. Six nurses changed their uniforms and powdered up a bit then took some calisthenic to look Alert and fit. The surgeon was so flustered that re Cut a Man in two then stopped his Scalpel a partly on tile Bottom of his shoe. Siren sounds approach Long brought tension to a pitch. A Ward boy wiggled nervously As though he had the itch. Tarried at attention by Stretcher Beare four. The general was delivered to the surgeon s door. Gently As an infant they placed him on the table tile personnel was in forma Jon Heady willing Able. The general slowly looked about his face was drawn and Pale a weakly raised a shaking hand a a Cut off this Damn Hangnail w. A Ringwelski will to ficht what is this malady that turns me staring. To think of Little things of Long ago a Mountain Lake its breast to heaven Baring. A driveway with its deep unbroken Snow tile coolness of my love in yellow Cotton have All a sober world of thoughts Begotten. We Steak of nations in a mortal fight of planes ships guns and a a what the score a we see unsmiling children in the night whose broken lives will haunt us evermore. But its tile memory of Little tilings. That Belt us stand the Shock the Battle brings. We Are but men of average human strength. Not worldly Wise or born to lofty station a half remembered Joy of no great length. Will give us will to Battle for our nation. Tilts lonely heart shall carry on the fight cause my love you kissed me in Ute night. A isl it. Lawrence r. Cohen All aboard there s a Fly in the Cherry bowl picture at Home John i Ewis is stirring a strike in the mines he s breaking the Chain that delivers the goods from factories ships to the men on tile lines. Now what do you think of a Guy who appears to wish this War would go on Twenty years just give us permission Well dish out his due. Well set him adrift near an icy Igloo. Let him organise penguins at the South pole without pantaloons shirt a and without any Coal a. J. Betonti u. Is. Navy when i get Back i know that when this Guy gets Back hell last remove hts empty Flack Hie first and second tilings hell do it but in a not telling thai to you �?1st la. Theodore Perl a thousand Yards ahead wed scaled the Bald faced mountains and we re resting up a spell a thousand Yards ahead there gaped the doorway into hell. The boys ext Ess ions did no to show tile slightest Trace of dread you a Neter know the foe was just a thousand Yards ahead. They opened with machine gun bursts and mortars from behind the smoke screen in the wadis was enough to make you Blind. They thought they a broken our attack. They shouted with derision but they forgot that we were from the a fighting first  their shouts changed to astonishment As Down that River bed. We stormed to our objective just a thousand Yards ahead. The enemy was falling Back. About a score of Yards they did no to like the message on our Leaden calling cards. The shrapnel whistled a round us As we rushed to meet the foe. Our task was almost Over just a thousand Yards to go. With yells and great disorder they dropped their guns and fled from fortified positions just a thousand Yards ahead our losses were damned heavy the Wadi was bloodstained but every Man was proud to say a objective has been  we be sent Back All the wounded. Said a prayer for ail the dead and we re ready for the next time theres a a thousand Yards  a rat. Faul c. Bailey going places sometimes i wonder when i see a Mountain. Where Earth and lowering sky abruptly meet Why the Summit s climb is Only pondered when the View that lies beyond would be so Sweet. In a sure that its a rough and Rocky Trail. And jagged stones would Cut one s tender feet i think some Day ill go and climb a Mountain r but not before the Trail becomes a Street. Pm. James f. Edwards the hell you be seen and wader through. I d like to Tell the universe god bless you keep you Arm nurse. Hot. Frank Dai ail Call Al Huettar Battle dear editor this is to inform your staff writer. Milton Lehman who wrote that Long article on the 1st division that the Battle of Al Huettar was won by the teamwork of three crack divisions not just one. For Hie past three months my division the 9th infantry it has been continuously fighting. In that famous Battle of the Hills at Al Huettar we played just As important a part As anybody else. Sit James a. Bailey the attempted breakthrough of the German 10th Ramer division on March 23 took place in the sector protected by the i St infantry division. The Peak of the fighting at Al Huettar came on that Day. And although the 9th end 34th infantry divisions were int ally involved in the fighting that Fol Loveed it was the is division that met and stopped the main German thrust on March 23. The Story of Al Huettar in the stars and stripes concerned that Day s action Only a editor. Barber shop Trio dear editor have you heard about the most modern and Best equipped Barber shop in North Africa this coif Feur shop operated by Rte. George Malenfant pvt. Leo Hayes and pvt. Joseph Horeau boasts the Only Barber pole in this the two Large hand painted signs Are displayed Oil tile Wall that read As follows japs shaved free we Are saving one Sharp Kazor for Hitler. Private Hayes says that their is top will be closed the Day of hitlers funeral. These boys Are on the beam and give really first class service. They work from Early morning until late at night taking care of officers enlisted men and patients at the general Hospital where the shop is Loc aloud Between them these boy have in this line of work. Hayes and Horvatt Are from new York City and Malenfant is from Detroit. They ate really doing their bit some Days clipping More than 125 Heads of hair anything from a i to a military Pompadour. Patients work is done free and others have to donate 15 francs. A a former patient they also serve dear editor until your May 22 edition we had always considered stars and St aes an impartial newspaper giving All the news and a fair Bleak to All branches of the service. We were surprised and a Little disappointed in you when we read. In the article headed a allies Chalk up Victory figures a of How the Suh it by problem during the Campaign was handled by ships railroads and trucks. No mention was made of our efforts in the campaigns the troop Carrier and transport commands a and we feel that this matter should be rectified. After All who was it that Ilau led the gasoline ammunition bombs rations and personnel to the front so that our fighters and bombers could operate in thou get trying Days Early in the fight the transport pilots and their Crews of course. We want no glory Fame or Praise but for our work to go in mentioned and unnoticed is a blow. We played a considerable part in the Campaign and we want folks to know about it. A the transport pilots Are made corporals u a it a graduation in the states it seems we graduates in Hie foreign service should Automa Leal i v get the same rating. There Are four of us boys Here who graduated from Lowry Field at Denver colo., in october 1942 and we Are still privates. A pvt h. L. Miller Naaf has no information As to whether or not Lowry Field graduates Are non being Given an automatic technician fifth Grade rating. But some of the army technical schools do Grant such a rating our dentist Here a to our dentist god bless his soul. If you re lacking a cavity hell make a new Hole. �?t-5 Harold a. La8sanske in appreciation you never see her on Nirode like a act a and Waves and such Shes much too Busy working hard to keep away deaths touch. But just behind that bloody line where soldiers fail and curse an Angel Waits to see you through. A u. S. Army nurse. Her gentle voice that understands will soothe and ease your lain. Her cheery smile cannot but help to make you Well again. The countless Homelike things she does. Come Only from the heart a she a everything a Soldier wants his Mother wife sweetheart. I wont forget her tender skill from pvt. Joe to capt. Bill my thanks to you i wish folks knew reflection As i gazed far up into the sky White Clouds were caressing the Blue and. Off in the distance. I wondered. Does the same sky dream Over you tile air was still and so quiet for the Breeze was gentle and mild and the Clouds moved along very slowly like a Mother leaving her child. Then the Sand grew Cool beneath my feet and the Waves rippled into the Shore and i asked the water Between us. Was i to see you no More then the Moon arose from behind me and missed out Over the sea and i wondered if you saw Hist Moo would Jroud think a Little of me would you remember the night at the movies or recall sipping drinks at the bar and the nights that i whispered Sweet nothings and told you Hor Lovely you Are of i know the same sky hangs Over a and the same Clouds go Drifting by someday i will climb to one of those Clouds and to your Sweet aide i will Fly. But now Iii climb into slumber and let my dreams bring you near arid i Send up again my evening prayer Quot god bless you forever my  ill l l. Lipstein baptism by fire i lie upon a Khaki Hill my ears see burning from the Din my body trembles with the chill of fear unknown since my first sin. The heavies Roar and burst their flak. The tracers make the night like Day a dumb bursts near and bounces Back while i try hard once More to Pray tile planes return with vicious chatter i hear a voice that whispers then the spite of All you do not matter the miners Are on strike  of. T. Barstow bunk prize packages song cartoon contests for Story soldiers army songwriters cartoonists contest British automatically to graduates. Mcloud \ and scribblers  be worrying the Midwest signal school at j ing about what to do with any Camp Crowder to. It is almost spare time. At tile moment there certain that men who graduated Are three contests running excl before this went into effect woul sively Tor servicemen. Not be granted the rating since the special service Section of they already Are members of a unit Nat Ousa is launching a song Mith an established table of or j writing Competition exclusively for Uganiza Fiona  in the North african theater hoping to discover among Hie men Pearl Harbor loss 1 Here the great song of the second dear editor world War but All types it songs among the men of my company there has been a discussion about the loss of the u s. Navy at Pearl Harbor. I claim that we completely lost one battleship and seven were damaged. Another says that we lost none of our battleships. Who is rights sgt. William Daly the Arizona was the Only battleship sunk in the attack on Are eligible Tor submission military patriotic comedy or Ballad just so both words and music Are entirely original. Songs May be written in Ixia no arrangement or in piano vocal arrangement which Means that a Lead Sheet with the Melody written and Harmony indicated by chords would be acceptable. But Only one May be submitted by pm a Pearl Harbor the others in stud contestant or contestant Colia Bora avg the Oklahoma which capsized have been Sah Nigeda editor. For both american and men and women in the armed forces is being sponsored toy the Mac Mitan publishing company. Prize winning american work of f id Ion will receive a 2.500-Doliar award and the top British entry will be Given 500 pounds. Hie same awards will be Given for Ute Best non fiction works. No limitation is placed on Ute length of submitted manuscripts although entries should not be under 50,000 words the accepted Standard length for a Book manuscript. Deadline fuss been set As dec. 31, 1943. Entries should be mailed to a Macmillan Centenary  Macmillan publishing company new York City. Latest Competition newest of the competitions for soldiers is a Short Story and cartoon contest sponsored by the automatic stripes dear editor it has by in brought to my attention that graduates of technical schools Are being automatically Given the rating of Corporal. Is this True if so. Has any provision been made for men who graduated before this went into effect it seems Only fair to do something for us boys who graduated when the course in most cases had More than 50 years experience was longer and tougher. If they Praise of poets dear editor i think stars and stripes is deserving of a few words of thanks tors. Either pen or Pencil is Okay armed forces league of Philadel for Hie manuscript provided its legible if no manuscript paper is available the contestants May use improvised music sheets. Four winners the four winning numbers will of is plugged aver the army Acyl Al the Best Basat a poetry Ive read tonary Radia gluons and in a Long called by an american sergeant and a my search a by private George r. Jones. I especially enjoyed the latter because Christ is my Friend and Jones has the right idea. Nice going Jones and lets have some More a Cpl. Frank Blankley radio stations and listed in the stars and stripes.  even be published As big time if they re Good enough. Deadline on this contest is july 15 and All entries should be addressed to special Section. Nat Ousa song contest. Both stripes and bars Are eligible for this affair. A fiction and Ron Fotion writing phia. Prizes on this one Are 199 Dollar War Bonds with More a than one Winner in each division. Stories must be from three to ten thousand words in length. Entries May either be Type written or in Pencil just so they re legible. Drawings likewise May be in Pencil or Ink. But each entry must include on it your name serial number and Handwritten signature. Deadline on this contest is sept. I 1943, and winning entries will be published in a Book for National distribution. Address tooth cartoon and Story entries to the armed forces league Broad Street Philadelphia a