Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                By Matt to Date at fort i Regis Forbes received the following wire from his wife some weeks ago going to Hoa Vej extra How s that for cooperation and True to her Forbes pro on ten hours before the deadline for computing Points for two squalling baby boys cabbage Leaf an unidentified i working at Camp Lee was greeted by a major wearing four overseas stripes on his sleeve Are you Hefe at Lee asked the the i Well dont forget mondays pay the officer and you Bor rowed from me on new Gui Nea the recalling the nodded mournfully and mumbled and Here i thought id never run into that major warning Albert Jolly of Indiana Stout thought his worries were Over when he re fstsni18 discharge papers under x is to hey of men Over but when he arrived at the Gate in route Home the guard let him off the base Jolly didst have a pass 1st Walter Norton finally Jolly for civilian major pays off with skin outfit blows efficiency june ims stars and Africa Middle East by Padgitt at air Marrakech you May have seen election losers pushing peanuts up pikes Peak with their noses or a Republican trundling a Democrat along in a wheelbarrow and thought nothing of 6 but when a major diffs his offi Cial dignity and rides a jackass through an army the thought might strike you that something unusual is it happened at the North african divisions Busy base at Marrakech recently when they took five from the night and Day activity of re deploying tactical aircraft from Europe to the states and Al Dean Eakin of paid off on a contest As the major Rode a lop eared Donkey Over the highways and byways of the seems that when Eakin at present the director of Supply and service at the at base in Casa was commanding officer of Squadron c at Marrakech he bet Hal Marrakech do Rector of that s s men could Best Squadron a in and contest the staff cared to dream on the Bali for two months the Field had just launched a contest to determine which unit of uie base proved to be tops Over a 60day period on the following requirements Superior performance of duty or outstanding Devotion to duty in the performance of exceptionally difficult tasks achievement and maintenance of a High Standard of discipline based on Superior military Courtesy appearance of per installations and equip ment enthusiastic execution of or Ders venereal disease rate number of men convictions by in Lente cutting Featt Ifres a old tic at baseball Gate Dan and fireworks fallout Outing the had since its activities which hos plenty or pyrite Ohnia bait an he Terr and knowing Young Warp Saleswoman at Nebr has devised a highly ingenuous Methol promoting Hond sales at the nearby army air the first victim was a wolfish gunner who upon entering a Telephone Booth n in conjunction with a Tele phone he did the obvious by the charming w the 7cmrie Saleswoman save your she in and Blly War Small world it is not to be expected that with manpower Short Ages Wiat they Western Union operators should be wizards at but like the wife of Robby Pacific War Cor Are mildly surprised Over the dimness of a the girl in ques Tion called the Coons Home one evening recently to deliver a Mes Sage and was informed by Coons that her husband could not receive the Call since he was in Guam of sighed the girl Cut she added will he the Home tonight War diary Home from eur Thomas Gatley of Philly Learned from an interesting Suc cession of telegrams hip family had received from the War that he had been Cap tured had died in a pow Camp haunt been captured but had been killed in action haunt been killed in action but had been captured Haynh died while a pow and had been at a staff meeting presided Over by Rollin Lake told Kessler in no Uncertain terms that Squadron c would be far ahead of the boys in in Guadron a cod by it John Gill or hed ride a jackass around the Squadron a executed orders with More and walked away with the Soua c placed they Bor rowed a jackass from the arabs Eakin came Clown from Casa Blanca to pay off on a ride which promised to rank As much of a classic As that of lady Godiva musical Salute they had the band out and an Honor guard of soldiers of the week to Pace the major and his mount on the tour of the col Anthis even had saved a reel of movie film t0 record the when the trumpets blew and the band swung into a circus the major resplendent in an Over sized jockeys Cap and crazily brandishing a Riding crop leaped on the jackass in True Cowboy the sad eyed beast bedecked in ribbons from head to toe and wearing a dunces Cap with Over the first Shock of Surprise and patiently ambled aided by health whacks from two arabs and the the route winded through Headquarters the huge Spraw Ling transient Section and then to Squadron As orderly room where Eakin presented the Merito rious1 service unit plaque to the 4 1 Miracle of Faith revealed in Homecoming of Lostak trooper Tony mrozins1 enemy lines in Ohio and and since an american paratrooper listed f he apparently dropped out of exist As missing and presumably ence the by presumed began a 65day furlough this week that he was dead actually and the pleasant task w ill j and the pleasant task of Reading Over 200 Hundred letters his devoted wife had written him during the Long months when there was no the wife unshakeable Faith that Tony would return to her was vindicated Friday night when to by stepped off a bus at fort and ran into her arms shouting sue Mrozinski never ceased Pray ing for her husband after he was reported missing and wrote a Chat newsy letter every for a Long she sent them to the prisoner of War Bureau but As each was returned stamped mis sing in she began adding her daily letter to an increasing pile in her Bureau although everyone thought he was sue never had a moment of bad parachuted behind 4av j jul of w the paratrooper was wounded twice and captured by the Ger mans who imprisoned him in a pow Camp in Eastern liberated by the russians he had walked Miles across Europe to rejoin his countrymen Home Tony intends to read each of the hell need a discharge to have enough time to read All of laughed people say in Lucky to get my husband Back but i know it want it was Faith in god and rightful Laurel Wreath for victors the whole ceremony took place amid popping Flash the Click of scores of brownies and the whirr of movie the show passed without Inci Dent except1 when the caravan rounded a Sharp turn at one Point and the major spun dizzy on he the jackass almost let out a Bray of but recovered and plodded on with its customary expression of outraged historic words spoken by Eakin Enro Ute consisted of Gid Honey Chile and How much farther have we got to go at the end of the he was also heard to breath most exer Cise Ive had in 14 ill have to eat off the mantel for a few the Welcome Relief to the routine at a contest which had five units of the fiend on their toes for 60 Days members of the winning unit Squadron Are to Wear a distinct Ive Blue and Gold Laurel Wreath insignia on their right sleeve testifying to the fact that there something special at Kestler organized the con test and Marvin Grayson gets the credit for carrying it out each week of a sol Dier of the week was the twelve who marched As eak ins Honor guard were Merlin Kendell of Council Edward san Gabriel James Michael Brooklyn Henry Greene hotties Edward a Memphis Frank a Ca Brooklyn Gene my and William Aid saved Britain Germany in an address to a group of american Fields marshal Montgo Mery stated that Britain was finished in 1941 and could not possibly have survived without Day he the a twohour1 up the Nile will then follow Flavoured with iced cokes and and dance music by a i at the barrage picnic grounds billets will stale Aba Sabaii playoff after which the losing team will have to crawl under the Mill of the potato sack wheelbarrow Stefe air ports events nostalgic of school Days will Complete the outdoor at Chow Call the merry makers will help themselves to a wide selection of salads and hours then the Day will conclude with a Moon Light sail again Drin topped off appropriately with a display of fireworks through the of the egyptian army predicted one of the committee is Fri agora set Down Char Les Page for about the shortest amet assignment on he just got but already the machinery in motion to Send him Back to the states Amster and civilian when he arrived in this com Mand As a rotational replacement he d already chalked up 44 months of overseas services in he left the states shortly before announcement of the Point system and by the time that was a noun i ced hed totalled up to 101 new faces in amet contest of he attractive wife 912fb food with of is of Irvin to All Ami so Mure i my Aii Griir to if you Hoim Lor youd bettor on