Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1945, Strasbourg, Alsace I 20 three Africa campaigns in May 1945 then campaigns and Battles on african soil Are timing the campaigns listed so far by the War for which Battle participation stars Hove Henri awarded As one of the factors for combat credit under the army discharge the campaigns Are Egypt Morocco and other campaigns and Battles Are Kom Carrio Southern France Germany air offensive on Japan Naple Foggia Chinis Aleutian islands european air offensive Sicily bismark Archie Lago Northern France Central burmajm5 ardennes Central Pacific philippine islands and adjacent Waters Papua new Gui Nea India Burma Manda Tes Western Pacific Southern Philippines the Egypt Libya combat Zona is construed to mean those parts of Egypt and Libya lying West of 50 degrees East Longitude to g a94s and West of 25 degrees East Longitude 11 june 42 12 february Algeri Morocco zone Algeri French Morocco is defined to mean those territories and adjacent 8 to Tunisia Campaign includes Tunisia and Algiers East of a Hiorth Routh line through Constantino and adjacent Waters from 8 air forces for ground from 17 do to 13 May i general order of ii summarizing these campaigns for which stars have been awarded is circular with an amended previous orders of hot Wero 17 and 1943 general orders 75 and 85 covered the this Usa Kime specific air Force action for specific dates Over Plesti and Wiener Neustadt As aah campaigns for specifically assigned in those Jimmy Doolittle pays us a visit top Point score reported is 178 Louis Headquarters of aah Eastern technical training command believes that Loren of has one of the nations top scores in the discharge Point Hes been in service 56 overseas for 37 and his combat and dependency scores shoot my to a total of the aah Doest How he got the rest of his to is Ibry Garner of he collected 158 Points through 55 months of 27 months seven Battle one Bronze Star medal and three dependent unit censorship to be lifted unit censorship throughout amet is being lifted by an offi Cial circular which will he Distri buted to subordinate commanders in a few this new the most Wel come on the matter to come out of Headquarters since the com Mand was goes info effect upon receipt of it Means that your private mail no longer will he read by n unit although the same rules will apply for what you Are not permitted to say in your let a spot Check willbe made the base censor office to Safe guard this the change in procedure will not affect the method of Send All cards and Par cels must still go through army postal channels Only and must abide by same postal they must Besir the military address of the sender exactly As they have in Ibe discontinuance of Ulii censor ship also is being announced in several other overseas Heaters us first was mustered out font the film two was discharged in this Arua under the Point system returned to civilian Shir Ley of new York had nine More than required and Dorothy Whitaker eau part of the army Effort to grand its personnel As much personal Freedom As military will the command sit the same time will announce that officers and civilians under military control need no longer sign their names in the lower lefthand Corner of the envelope or in the email censor ship of All their censorship requirements re main the same As enlisted person Linit censorship will How Jimmy who led the first american plane raid on Tokyo on april to shown at right As he passed through amet this week and was greeted by commanding the unidentified Captain at Center was Pilot for Payne Irace praises amet personnel r abets contribution to Victory earned the men and women of this theater the Praise this week of one of americas fighting est airmen James Doo who will soon go Back to the states for reassignment now that the Job in Europe is visited our neck of the Woods and Fouad time to express a few words of commendation for the Job being done he has commanded the 8th air Force in the european i want to congratulate the men and women of amet on their important contribution to final Vic he this is the first total war1 in the last world War approached but never quite reached total War in the same in Olden wars were fought by a few paid mercenaries and the rest of the people had Little it interest in in this everyone is mechanics As Well As sol it is impossible to say who won Tho War but we know what won team work team work be nations and Between i Divi the team was composed of pro transporters and on farm and in factory our re quire ments were the merchant Marine and air trans port command delivered the required supplies to the far a lakes of the the various Mili tary agencies user them effective if we Are far from the Battle we fee that our Effort Are not this is not the in this War any 07ie who does his Job to the Best of his regardless of what that Fob May is an equally important member of the when unit receives Alert or movement or Ders to another wants dads of More than j discharged move to Force Tho army to discharge All men with Moru than three children began this week on Capitol Hill under i leadership of Engel who said ii will seek a Nihiko Vole on the proposition when the annual War appropriation Bill reaches the said ii will ask the com Lui Uii i write into the Bill n ban against payment of funds o any service Mun who Lias More than hirer i he of Iii Ilic army t discharge such no one can be compel without seamen protest Bonus Cut Washington a potential Cut in Atlantic War risk bonuses has been protested by spokesmen for seamens unions on grounds that the maritime service would suffer from any such Union spokesmen asserted that seamen Are dependent on the if pay Scales remain the air blows against the japanese Homeland Rose to a new fury ii a record Fleet of 600 super forts japans third largest with tons of fire bombs on quoting pilots returning from the most incendiary raid of the Pacific correspondent John Henry reported that which situated slightly West of left a Lake of flame and the attacks were carried out from an bombs tumbling visually on the a commander of the first was like heaping More fuel into a hot another officer told the pendent if they were it would be a we the heat a who had participated in missions As a gunner remarked the Only thing that is newsworthy about this one is it was one our said a lieutenant All from the Center of the City is covered with smoke and flames fanned by a 15 mile an hour japanese fighter resistance was during the Nagoya and american losses were de to to very while the cites till shouldered from the another mighty Force cascaded thousands of additional fire bombs on Nagoya air Craft plants which Are estimated to be some of japans followed up Friday armadas of b29s were sowing destruction on Japan almost every Day last one Mission dumped bomb tonnage on fuel tanks and War plants at Tokuyama and Otake equal to that carried by super forts also hit air Fields on Shikoku and Kyushu islands and japans biggest Home land Oil storage Center on Oshima Island off Northern in a Swift followup of thurs Days to plane the giant bombers hammered the Homeland with three blows on each Onn crashing Down on an Industrial the super forts Are planting mines in japans har Bors and Inland sea in a Gigantic operation to disorganized Nippon since about 70 per cent of All japanese transportation is water Curtis commanding the Twenty first bomber stated that the air fleets Are making the first at see Japan rocks on Page 2 urious Bailies Mark foes last stand on Okinawa with All but the Southern tip of the Island fighting for Nawa grew fiercer As battering into the outskirts of the Pital City of turned Back the bloodiest counterattack of the japanese artillery shells shrieked overhead As a prelude to the enemy desperate attempt to rout the marines from the Naha and a night and Day Battle raged marines of the Veteran Twenty second regiment were shoved Back 200 Yards across a Val Ley near Naha before rallied and turned Back the As the japanese attack mounted in Marine Cooks and Bakers and other rear Echelon troops positioned on the Western Side of the Island were thrown into hand grenades flew about like baseballs and dead were strewn on both sides of the correspondents said it was perhaps the most determined enemy attack of the Okinawa William assistant commander of the sixth Marine declared we Are Well but Well crush those Buzzards before its following a night assault Mari nes had regained lost but fighting still was furious around sugar loaf strategic Mound the approaches to Yard by Yard while the marines were making this slow slugging Progress in the largest japanese City entered by american troops in the soldiers of the tenth army hold ing Clown the Eastern end of the frontline were advancing Yard toy Yard against Well defended Cave and Ridge commenting on the crawling Pace through Oki Nawas Modded Gen Simon Buckner of the tenth said we will take our time and kill the japanese army men pressed on Eastern Mitrou Points while the seventy seventh division captured Choco late drop Hill in the Central Sec Tor after five Days Ca see Okinawa on Page 3 nip overtures for peace expected soon in the Pacific that the japanese will put out Strong peace feelers in the near William Ilal sey said would be criminal not 10 fight this War through to a successful there will be pressure brought to Bear to accept this peace Froin parents at Home who want to save the lives of their sons and Oiler Halsey but we must think also of our grandchild Ren As Well As our scoop Kennedy gets the Boot from sheaf Paris sheaf announced the Dis accreditation of Edward Kennedy of the associated press on a charge of breach of Confidence in breaking prematurely the German surrender Kennedy was or dered to return to the Morton Gudebrod of the was Given the same order for taking an Active part in the premature release of a news he had circulated Kennedy Story to French Buck pets have a Friend Washington Rankin has urged Ayar to give demobilized Vates the rank of before their Rankin told the House he hoped Buck privates become the forgotten men Oft is War and said he could see Noll ipg wrong in giving them a Stripe to show them that this Jimh appreciates their
