Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Fag 2the Star 8and stripes weekly saturday september 18, 1943 flashes from the italian front lines continued from Page i Over him its rumbling tracks Only a few inches from his head. When he got up he ran into three Jerry Foo soldiers Kafoed i Good right and shot the other two As they made for the Hills. Then dusting himself off the texan rushed Back to his company apologising for being detained. A a a the company Aid Man who follows the riflemen into Batties was once called a a saw Bones Quot or his Only retort in those i stating Days was a wait until the time the time came in Tunisia Sicily and now in Italy and the Aid Man with his medical pouches hanging at his Side is the bearer of Hope to the wounded in j the Ethek of Battle a. With the 5th army near Naples the company medic is administering first Aid in the Middle of enemy fire. Among his new Stock of supplies is blood plasma Given to wounded men in Foxholes on the Sandy beaches. Patients carried to the rear by litter bearers now receive the plasma from medics who run beside the litter and hold the bottle of solution above their Heads with a rubber tube leading to the patients Arm. I a a a i up company Aid Man brought nothing but cheers from sol-1 is 8a"him find a e a wounded calf in the poor shelter of a j Ufir to a be Jap and been scratched by shrapnel i stopped bellowing while the Soldier with the red Cross Arm band Al plied a of list Aid dressing. Then the calf limped away contentedly i a a 4k i less than an Hode after the first wave of infantry Sweetl Allied beachhead Engineer units were Busy with bulldozers and Caterpillar tractors Clearing a Road and then unwind a their Rire mesh netting. Their portable Road Laid under constant the Way for american trucks and jeeps to Advance joermanmitpo6t line and press their attack. During the i Amerl can incl a Soldier aboard a Cater-1 in of a a a hi8u�eat and crawled Back to a medical Aid a ass out Tori invasion 13ffvi baby choir italian papa with the St army in Italy for one italian family living beside the Gulf of Salerno the Early morning of sept. To brought two great arrivals. First of All the 13th Bambino. He came into the world a few minutes before the second great events the arrival of american troops. Antonio the father was having his first look at his new son As the rumble of army vehicles came up from the beaches. We Are Here to stay1 continued from Page in Antonio offered wine to the first american troops to approach the House. At dinner time he asked two yanks to join him in the most lavish feast he had Ever served. There was Macaroni cheese Rabbit Chicken and Melon. The new baby and the new Italy he said were beginning life together. The baby is to be named Americus. I that there were elements of five i Gorman divisions whose objective apparently was to pin the allies Down on their Bridgehead be that German forces harassing the of the British both army could escape along the East coast to he North. These elements have been identified As the reconstituted Hermann Goering division our old Friend of the tunisian and sicilian campaigns the 29th motorized division and the 15th and 16th Panzer divisions. 4,000 sorties continued from Page i a Puu Mew ecu be och thu Otic Toi Bui was prom Phy a topped i by several Ald men a i Hurt the surgeon had already Walt medal eur to a num is recommended highly for a Soldier s a a a language is what Tou make it according to members of ?,su0rt be Jon who hav dreamed up an impressive sub Nuat a ?b.n5re��?�<>w a Quot Tun a lha Ltd a a they Call their 1v2for�n Jyz Silmi Asp no they my by a sin the letters heir it not in in a consonant. The Glrst italians to 9 he 1utterly confused. But no More a thump Whf Ert wed the path of one member or Tho unit before the troops set sad. This language expert was a a Quot a York who serves As inter Prrter for the company commander. While he was eating in a French of Nutak this a or to curfew hour the of came i we a a without batting an eyelash the wore Quot a insignia broke into a furious French mtg Dalh n a uv1 a a a grassed the of into thinking he had a is fels3 be5ore French of a new a a it a a a of the1ftsjilanhiia? on Stab 8pneral leading the assault on one i private w,?0 much Tor an astonished is Ownens. Iii mate Ploc the general up ahead a inc general heard him turned around and said Quot theres a a Tor general up ahead of me and he a commanding the show a the private i a cording to reports had no further comme pro vate in its dam left behind by germans on the Beach a oks Al 5? ?. Radical change from letters picked up during the confident Jed Loti lf3&Quot i a Nln a Home front was still ii ? to the Nasi fighting Man were full of enc our Geshn ge�1t the knew Lulu beachhead written by a ? a g�1my Huice who was stationed in Italy Speaks for _ weary fatherland we be getting tired of the War Here in wbk maps it by for to Thyl Nash regardless of which Side wins. and Hamburg have been bombed to the g found a a a a a a. Jeep to tried to Lasso him but it didst work when of Tattory Nfn Aliquot "tome1 to his Field he told me-109t Lori ?7s is a str with a rope throwing fumes la Hal watched him crash and burst into let a a amp be a a a a 1 a a him re s\5w�hi Wrai a?.�?awa single Day Over the Salerno area before the two Day Allied air Campaign began but by the time the last of More than 2.5q0 tons of bombs had been dropped there was hardly any enemy plane to toe seen in the skies. It is significant too that captured enemy prisoners have begun to ask a a where is the Luftwaffe a one prisoner is quoted As saying we hardly see a German aircraft in the skies. We Are dog tired of it All. No human being can stand up to bombing like reasons foe decline military observers cite three reasons for the decline of German Airpower in the Salerno Region i enemy planes Are pinned to the ground by Allied bombing of airfields <2 the germans find it difficult to obtain new supplies and make repairs 3 the germans Are unable to replace their losses with suitable planes. Such German air activity As was observed after the two Day Allied mass assault was directed mainly at shipping in Salerno Bay and against our troops on the beachhead. In this particular area which does not appear very populated it can be said that italian Aid has been of Little or no importance whatsoever. If anything the italian capitulation certainly put the germans on the Alert and they were ready for the allies when they landed on Salerno Beach. Counterattacked the fiercest fighting has taken place in the Sele River sector where the germans launched counterattacks with tanks and infantry in an Effort to drive a wedge Between the americans and British and thus reach the sea. Mainly the German forces have launched their attacks from the Crescent shaped Ridge looking Dowson the american positions. The i germans Are paying heavily in tank losses. A Roundup of the first five Days shows that our artillery tank busters and other anti tank weapons have accounted for 40 tanks destroyed and at least 31 stopped by hits. Losses fairly heavy when the Shock of the German resistance wore off our men were Able to hold the lines and Kip the germans from advancing. During the first few Days our own losses were fairly heavy. Our Field artillery has been playing an important part in this nip and tuck battling waged on the Salerno Plains. Our big guns were on Shore Early on the morning of a Day in some cases ahead of the infantry and succeeded in turning Back thrusts by German Armor which might have easily menaced our unstable beachhead at that time. 3�� the allies on the other hand widened their arc of destruction. Enemy Aird Romes were pounded last night when rap wellingtons made a Large scale attack on Cis temo Littorio Ai drome 25 Miles Southeast of Rome. Four Allied Waves went Over the Field. Fifty Miles Southeast of Rome p-38 fighter bombers attacked Prosi none Ai drome while flying fortresses and medium bombers hit Bridges railways and highways at Capua. Caserta is Erma Benevento Mignano and Formia All in the Naples area. B-25 Mitchells bombed two vessels in an enemy Convoy off the West coast of Italy. One ship was left burning and an explosion was seen on the other. Ivy the Long Tom rifles and 105 howitzers have been giving the Jerry artillery a Good Eliare of its own Medicine these last few Days. 1 As usual the germans have concealed carefully their artillery in the ridges above us and have prepared excellent defensive positions. Blistering fire our combat troops have performed heroically under the mc6t difficult conditions. Fighting Day and night in strange terrain with the Odds All in the enemy s favor they withstood blistering fire and never seriously threatened to break. The highlight of the week was the visit of it. Gen. Mark Worth Clark commanding general of the 5th army who visited the Sele River sector tuesday at the height of the fighting. His order to the men to hold the line was carried out and today finds the germans adopting defensive positions for future events. Coordination Between the land air and naval forces has been of the highest order. The patrol of the beaches by our fighting planes was an important Factor in maintaining the Speed in which men and Materiel were unloaded. In addition the fighter planes have been going Over enemy territory on daily bombing and strafing missions. Tuesday also saw the first appearance of our bombers Over German positions. The strength of the bombing was so heavy that the building from where i am writing this Story quivered from the Impact the might of the Luftwaffe is on the downgrade if the action by enemy planes in this sector is any indication. All the Jerries have attempted is sneak raids to the Harbor where they drop their bombs and run. American troops and communications have been relatively Safe from German fighters. Warships Active unlike the Early Days of Tunisia traffic moves along the main Highway without much concern for German dive bombers. It is Likely the germans May change their tactics but we certainly can handle it if they care to try. The Allied warships have been lending Strong support with booming salvos that Rock the deserted Countryside. Tuesday the american ships dropped Shell after Shell into the German salient along the Sele River. On wednesday it was the British and they poured it on All Day Long. The first Lull in the fighting came on the seventh Day of the fighting. Generally the initiative was still with the germans but it was Clear that condition would not last very Long. Soviet drive continued from Page i old pal Quot into Novgorod Seversky 90 Miles Southwest of Bryansk on the desna River. A similar Salute had been fired the previous night to Mark the capture of Neshin important Railroad Center 70 Miles Northeast of Kiev. The hour May be just ahead when Moscow a guns will be Able to Salute the capture of Bryansk. While russian bought German in the streets of Bryansk other soviet columns had bypassed the City on both North and South flanks. Heavy concentrations of men were reported in the area Between Smolensk and Moscow As the russians prepared to launch their supreme drive for the germans Eastern front Headquarters at Smolensk. No time wasted to the South general Roko&Ampsov-�?�1cy�?Ts armies have wasted no time in Neshin which they captured wednesday Niht and continue their relentless drive toward Kiev. Kosovka Only 60 Miles Northeast of Kiev fell thursday night and the nails Are now desperately trying to consolidate a defense line to halt he soviets before they reach the Banks of the upper Dnieper. Even closer to the great River Are he red armies spearheading the drive to Dnepropetrovsk Trey City on the Bend of the Dnieper and Zaporozhye 40 Miles South where the main railway from the Crimea crosses the River. From two sides he reds Are less than 50 Miles irom the cities and the River which is the Lifeblood of the Central Ukraine. These widespread soviet triumphs were Only a Small indication of the increasing successes gamed by the powerful russian offensive which seems to grow in vigor with each mile it pushes further Westward toward prewar 8oviet frontiers. As tile week ended there was hardly a Poilu on the 600-mile summer front where soviet units no sending the germans reeling under wave after wave of infantry and Armor supposed by the mighty soviet air Force. Destroy Germany by air Baruch says Washington sept. 17�?american production can raise the world s living standards and control the peace a a if we now establish american might by destroying Germany from the air a Bernard Baruch Lamous world War i production adviser said Here today Baruch added that Quot the aircraft situation is the most critical problem in
