Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                Africa Middle East August 1945 Lirtie w to the Armei might a coma throughout Africa Middle East civilized with Joy and thanks to Iii ill a powerful Island its islands Home army still fully armed1 and still in Possession of thousands of Square Miles of stolen in China and South East has surrendered to f Lafi Dif real and this is a stun and our allies have brought to would not have been possible with by entire by our and by of Brave men whose shallow Graves now Mark the islands anti the from new Guinea to we remember Wilth Humble Pride the Brave men who died that our nation and the cause of Freedom at Iong men might has been a from Pearl thet islands and seas along that names already a sacred Mitt traditions Hollandia and the be Lendu and Cap Gloucester Midway the Coral tie philippine and Lin Gay in Guam iwo with the stars and1 in the Dawn above mount Suribachi and Oki those places have become sacred to bought with american blood and at All our enemies have been Defeated utterly and without we and our allies of the United nations come now with a Unity born in desperate to the difficult problems of world they Eairs ahead of us will not a shattered world is not quickly and the opportunities for misunderstanding Are i let each of us resolve to part in assuring for ourselves and Pur and for All the free Peoples of the shall not have been fought in i know each one of you wishes some word about the imme Diate future of this and its effect upon your return the facts As fully As i can now give this has the chief Mission of servicing arid supplying the activities of the transport Afri Ca Middle East is a vital control area in the glob girdling lines of As bases in Africa Middle East had to be equipped Anid before wite could get goods and men through by air to India and to so Africa Middle East must continue its Mission until the services to the far East Are either discontinued or otherwise disposed the task the we have other res of continuing chiefly in the Field of com thes6 must be maintained in order that the occur Fri ices in the Par East will be1 assured untrammelled communication with the United Yaqi when our duty Here will have been com i Ain that your continued wholehearted your continued Devotion to will Speed that in the i assures you of two every enlisted Man and woman in this theater possessing the necessary Point score will be returned to the United states for de Mobili As fast As transport can be efforts Are being and will continue to be to1 reduce to an absolute minimum the personnel necessary to perform our personnel so found to be surplus will also be returned at the earliest possible moment j ask every one of you to remember that the War we have just brought to a triumphant conclusion has been an enormous Gigantic the machinery so set in that has brought about our cannot be unravelled in a you who must still hold fast to your and assist in that i perform that duty with All the loyalty and earnestness you have shown Day let us god for the Victory we have knowing our sure of our free let us walk humbly in the knowledge that our Power and our strength Are Given to us so that in our can serve humanity and the cause of Giles major Usa commanding better than any to Nic in Indianapolis sunk continued from Page 1 together by Gummy a number of men who were not on rafts had hallucinations of drinking Cool water or to find they actually been drink ing seawater which caused More insanity and sometimes men were literally seared by the wast and subsequent exposure to the crewmen on a Rescue seaplane which landed in heavy swells to pick up 56 said that As they helped the survivors burned flesh on the sea mens arms shredded away in their mass hallucinations among the there was a wierd mass delusion that the Indianapolis Hull and its Cool drinking fountains were just be Neath the surface of the crazed from Many men fought off their clearer headed dipped from their life jackets and they were seen no thought they saw inviting tropical Island where girls were serving Tomato they Swarn hysterically before the Tun had risen on wednesday the special delivery division of stars and stripes circulation had copies of the War extra out to the 56th station Hospital at Camp Here Are three of the patients sharing the Good news with miss Polly von red Cross they Are left to right Sammy let Leo arid Joe corps photo by predawn extra flashed surrender news retain death verdict Paris marshal former Vichy chief of was Senten ced to death wednesday for trea his will be reviewed by de thus the Fate of the ailing Petain ironically lies in the hands of the Man who restored France from the National humiliation of before the Petain declared on the thresh Hald of swear that i have always served Crimson bears pair up Harvard and Brown Are renewing their foot Ball rivalry this after a two year lapse they will meet novem Ber 17 at towards it and did not but even More horrible than the hallucinations were the the frequent sight of planes whose pilots did not see the ships Charles one of the fortunate few who got into a life they were Only by the swollen eyes of men on the rafts and in the continued from Page 1 when the news came did you do we i huh and went Back to i want at All from there we went to Payne copies of the extra were scattered All Over the the its All Over edition was hailed As a swell souvenir and folded tucked away into pants in the service club a discussion was going we walked up and stood there for a what do you think about asked about what about whether or not you want cuffs on your trousers when you get Back to civilian life what brought that up thinking i said the sergeant my buddy and i were sitting on our bunks and shooting the and the conversation got around to cuffs on i dont know Why we we rent talking about conducted a private poll and discovered most men pre Fer trousers without not chimed in in used to trousers with cuffs in civilian and i want to go Back to said youve got to admit the other kind look that Why your dress clothes Are made that but i still want to go Back to the ones with they do have one admitted you can flick your cig Aret ashes into the cuffs when there Arent and Ash trays we gave Ned Stock Well and a Friend a ride and asked them what they thought about the said who had been in the pc for several Best copy Ive seen in bound for Chi stopping for a late lunch at the snack bar we spoke to an unidentified lieutenant from los formerly with the 8th air Force and now with at the was on his Way to the China and India Burma he had left new York on monday amidst rumours of the wars arriving in Payne to find the rumours we inquired As to How he Felt about acting to do a Job which would seem to be he explained that its not weve won the All but somebody Goi to he there to keep watch on and see that we dont have it Al to do the army is doing a Wise thing by sending men to safeguard the interests of the american but i dont think a Man should have to stay More than six that length of time permits a Man to be broken do some Good work and get Back Home before he becomes six months Doest take much of a chunk out of a mans said Joseph ill be glad to go and do my pro Viding there is one there to if there i wish they Send me tack to added John who hails from free Beer at Huckstep at the service club was crowded with sailors and All around were gobs and and bags of As much Beer As you can ration that was the watchword at the and were they sopping it Bro ther we also ran into vie wis pie of of the red what do you think about the War we asked said were All in favor of we Learned that free Beer would be Given away at at Payne in the billets in and in fact All to the there were big plans afoot for the Paul Motz of Spe Cial service said arrangements had been made for the showing of a then there would be a gala display of fireworks and a big Bonfire to celebrate the at the 56th station the patients were All very we All want said the room mate of Dean Broome of stars and stripes who is recovering from a recent out of the Hospital and out of the everyone in their Ward got a souvenir copy of the the news of the Victory hit the Hospital Joy ran flags were flying in Cairo when we got Back to Cairo the buildings were bedecked with flags of All we were up in the tired but Happy when the phone it was Lester Brandon of Ohio who works in the pm and we of asked him How he was taking the he if i had a Tail id was finally getting1 Back to Tho sex we saw a group of men in the in their Ber in they were East West when Irish eyes Are Siming and All those other old favourites and our in sides just got All jumbled a radio Gram from told the Story of the reactions the false report on the Cele the waiting and the final it Wlas when the radio station at Teheran went on the air to announce to sleepy sack riders in the pc that Japan had they heard the presi Dent proclaim a two Day Holiday for All government list ened to the four songs which Fol heaved great sighs of Relief and began passing the songs were Victory Sung by Johm Charles followed by theres going to be a great and its All Over the remarks were in Goin Back to in sure a govern ment said they cant do this to Ala youll have to go out and work for a living one concerned i i dont mind their celebrating Back Home As Long us they dont tear up my discharge for heres where Well get time and a half for guard quip Ped a who got the Vodka mix that Guy three atomic Japan Only took three ought to put him out of his is this the throughout the pc soldiers does this mean were Start ing on the plus six months now others requested information from the around say youve Only Leen Here 2o Tell whats it like Back in the states we might be going Back there in another year and we ought to know what its at Amir Abad 100 British and 100 soviet troops were invited to be guests of the Post at Victory din which were to be followed by monies to commemorate the end of the japanese but behind these quips and part ies and everything else were the True feelings of All gis admirably expressed by Blair Cartwright who s in the five been waiting for this news a Long its something we All be thankful in anxious to get Home and get out of the new York Henry Waters 86yearold brother of the forme died this