Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1945, Cairo, Egypt Stars and Middle East february 1945 j 5 w it port of fact of by Pau s 1945 Knowlton publications Gene Eft Tor staff Rita Tel an opiate Mph Ter production pvt Mitt and Dean Brooten picture sources t United Aimy Patiic signal British Public rela and Soldier correspond anti in the officer gives killer the nations highest the congressional medal of was conferred posthumously this week on two for valor and heroism beyond the Normal line of the army told with Pride the Story of Bill a army who was killed while Manning a machine gun on a tank destroyer during an attack last May on Villa Cro Cetta in gait was operations offi cers of a battalion of the 168th in when the Crew of a tank Date Stroyier walked at advancing through a curtain of heavy Artil Lery and mortar gait took standing fully exposed in the he fired the machine gun and hurled thoroughly Dis organizing the enemy with his finally he cornered 40 Ger mans in a Long Trench and when they refused to he let them have wiping out the entire a few minutes an 88 my Shell crashed into the tank Des killing gait and the warned of trap this was not gaits first last he won the Silver Star for crawling on hands and Knees through a heavily mined Field to open a path for the Advance of his gait was a former Rodeo and Montana state College football the award was to be presented to Hie widow by Dale commanding the alaskan division of now there swapping fort Phil real estate offered in a advertisement to Swap a 50 by foot lot in a Swanky residential Section for 15 Cartons of a Long line of takers greeted him at the office saturday morning and Rebecca first in clinched the she is the daughter of a cafe Phillips says of smoking difficulties that he has More lots than will the congressional medal of to was Aiso to Tho Mas who like gait was killed in was from Detroit and was a concert violinist before the the award was bestowed on his widow and Tony year old daughter by Russel 6th service com in making the said his action is an example for All americans and All of with the forces or at owe him an eternal debt of routed enemy after a platoon was twice thrown Back in its attempts to seize a strongly fortified Hill Wigle volunteered to Lead it up he Lead the men up a Rocky slope and succeeded in reaching the first of three Stone he climbed to the top of the Wall full View of the enemy and returned their fire while his men helped each other up arid Over the he successfully scaled the second and third Walls and routed the enemy from three houses which were key when his men rejoined they found him fatally the distinguished service Cross has been conferred on Leo Zingale of Cleveland for risk ing his life to warn his buddies of a German using who was wound As the germans placed him in open ground 30 feet from Mieir three hoping to lure soldiers to Zingales realizing the Zingale struggled to his feet and shouted for his buddies to shoot fire right at he and youll hit the Heinie machine he Tuen dropped to the ground and his squad poured fire into the machine gun Zingale directed their fire until All the nazi gunners were will former con Gressman and son of the late he has been awarded the Bronze Star for heroism in the december Battle of the ardennes Rogers was also promoted to first by Matt Knight without ammo James Tower 6f grand took is trusty carbine and broke tip a machine gun nest Dur ing action 6n the 7th army front after Flushing 54 krauts from their marching his prisoners Down the Road toward a collecting he was joined by a fellow officer who dashed up on the dont look whispered the of but you Haven got any Magazine in your carbine second helping Good Chow seems to be a valuable american secret Cyrus Aine Worth of Texas said he recently ran into a Veteran old Germain sol Dier who is still in the army Des Pite a wooden How Are they feeding in the american army these Days asked the same As in the last War Aims Worth who is strictly a world War ii vet retorted that it is bet then its a Good time to surrender said the Jerry and so he Hie had been Cap tured by the world War i lost and by the wind grieved one of the first things would be sailors must do upon arriving at the Farragut naval training Center is pay a visit to the and just outside this where locks Are shorn Kinder tamp Regul a sign bears this legend hair today gone his locks Are much to his 80 Little time this terse and exp native sign appeared on the door of a downtown Shreveport Beauty parlor closed for the husband Home on fur n no in the flight from weekly Roundup of items from i Here there beginners Luck William Mcclelland of Ben has probably dug Many Foxholes on the Western front by now but it is extremely doubtful that they could hold a Candle to the first one he on that he hit the he dug straight into a Cache of 400 bottles of Cham pagne and other about Sharks having nourished since childhood a deadly fear of we Are naturally interested in some information which comes from the air tech Nical they report that a shark repellent the Best yet has been issued to flyers who May be downed in tropical it consists of a Small Black of an obscuring Dye and chemical when dropped into the a the repellent gives off an odor reminiscent of decaying shark meat and if theres one thing a shark cant its the Aroma of a Brothers this int even noticeable to a downed Pilot who probably has other things on his Mia Ted also says that Sharks Sel Dom attack human which is but when it is nearly always flyers Are reportedly very Happy to have the they 3foffc4r has been ing out printed boners and Typo graphical errors from newspapers and tout editor Harris of the new Kin size Sand script went one he dug up a howler ins a directive it was the announcement about what to Wear at the sports Lodge in Lebanon new leave paragraph 2 As follows the Blouse and pants will not life at the hotel is very on the african Gold editor Williams of palaver de around and discovered that All Over the world 0is have Laid Down their rifles and voted Rita Hay Worth Airl they rather be in a foxhole and in every Camp and outpost some other babe was voted a rather Aid except in a fit of wild imagination he outlined a Bushtown convention for the election of Gertrude swindle bust As base pinup Williams also Doest to add local touches to the routine the chairman picks up his Gavel amd1 brings it Down upon the head of a transient looking for the finance chairman we have come Here to vote appropriate title for Trudie swindle bust who has been drafted because she most nearly resembles a crowd Bush Rah chairman that enough in now read the minutes of the last Secretary 1830 hours to 1946 chairman that question what to Call tru Botts i used to Call her a dirty chairman youre out of were Here to claim our constitutional rights and to live up to Tho expectations of Holly this is a serious Doe As Dele Gate from s 1 nominate miss swindle bust the girl id rather eat a 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Duin t come Back As the Guy who found a i lops Down next to asks for a match and tells you his troubles All m the same breath of character will make you Boid a Page until he implies jabber away like two Lon lost when it is pointed out that a Library is supposed to be a hush hush Sani of Ahcin shoots dont Cuba shut up then a gift for Goodwill Detroit the we announced that the Allegro 99th Pursuit based in has re turned a gift to a Detroit Union with a request that it be used to improve interracial George former Squadron commander said the fliers made the decision be cause of a desire for understand 1 ing and advancement of Halsey will have to Washington Admiral Wil Liam paying a Surprise visit to said monday fighting on iwo Jima will be very Tough but not As costly Asta he predicted the japanese Fleet will not come out and fight in current Pacific operations and we Are going to have to dig them they have got very Little left to fight with what Thev have is in none too Good asked Arhat would be necessary to bring the enemy Fleet he i cant get into a rats Frame of mind so 1 dont the topic of the japanese peace Halsey i was one of those who Felt Aeo thai when says Jap Fleet be dug out japans industrialists see their Empire is going to any Noble put out very attractive peace feel a Dollar Means just much o them As ii does to any other this is a dangerous it will be very appealing to if we Jet them negotiate peace and to not demand in Cindi tonal surrender we will he committing the greatest crime in the history of the use the Lime to build up 1or an other on the question of bombing the Palace Halsey we never bomb anything but military 1 hate like hell to have our livers kill the White Horwin want in
