Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               A teg 4  stars and stripes monday june 4, 1945 9-Yedr War Saga ends for 3-theater Veteran it 1 a t by Tom Hoge stars and stripes staff writer London june 3�?if life in the us palls a bit on it. Col. Charles greening of Tacoma wash., it s understandable. If three meals a Day and eight hours sleep a night with no Strafer snipers or Gestapo guards to interrupt it make the 30-year-old six footer a somewhat restive it s not Surpris moving Day for an or Force ing. Of v since he first hit headlines As a flight Leader on Jimmy Doolittle s historic Mission oter Tokyo in april 1942, greening has played hide and seek with the japs then the italians and finally the germans. He fought on three continents and cheated death almost a Doren times. Greening a first bout with bad Luck came after the Tokyo raid when Quot we had to bail out near an enemy Ai drome but made Bur Way to Friendly  it was a 600-mile walk along the fringe of Jap fines Back into free China. 8hot Down in Italy next greening was sent to Africa As a b26 group commander supporting the invasion he fought through Africa and Sicily until one a Day in july 1943, Quot a burst of flak got my ship and 1 bailed out Over Vesuvius near Naples. Captured by an italian patrol greening was turned Over to the germans and put in a Box car headed for the Reich. A fort raid plastered his train and he escaped in the confusion. R for the next six months Green no wandered around the mountains of Italy living with partisans Riding German troop trains without being recognized and hiding in caves. Recaptured again Quot finally a Kraut patrol looking for partisans picked me up in a Cave near the yugoslavian Border Quot he said. For the next few months he spent his time in a series of punishment Camps and Gestapo cells. Greening was liberated by the russians at Barth on May l this year. Thirteen Days later he was flown Back to England in a fortress. Third station in Reich on air Stuttgart Germany june 3�?radio Stuttgart returned to the air last night As a part of the Allied network. Stuttgart s 109-kilowatt transmitter was sabotaged by the German april 5, and resumption of broadcasting represents a speedy Job of repair by German technicians working under Allied supervision. Two other Large transmitters Are already operating in Germany under Allied control at Munich and Hamburg. Bruno plead with 3rd army by Earl Mazo stars and stripes staff writer Paris june 3�?Bruno Bara Nowski has two requests to make of the american army one is to go to the Pacific with whatever elements of f company 3rd cavalry Are deployed in that direction and the other is to fight japs in Gen. Patton s  being without Points normally would help Bruno achieve at. Least one of those Aims quickly but the hitch is that although he fought with the 3rd cavalry from the Moselle to inner Germany Bruno in t eligible for further duty because he just Isnit an american. A Bruno was born in Essen Germany of polish parents and thus is polish although he has spent 22 of his 24 years in France. Rack in the Days of the Fri he As one of the kids who hopped an american tank and went out to fight the germans come hell or High water. Third cavalry people took an immediate Shine to Bruno and since he was fluent in German polish russian italian and French and knew a Little English they classed him As an interpreter put him in f company and carried him along. Bruno did Well. He killed germans. Learned to drive a Light tank got a Good conduct medal and an Eto ribbon with stars once he was captured for three Days but escaped and another time he took 35 prisoners. Finally the brass said Bruno must leave the 3rd cavalry because he was not an american. Now Bruno sits around Paris brooding Over the injustice of not being an american. Air Force baggage spreads Over Bradley Field conn., As the first men to reach the states in the eighth aft a redeployment from the Eto to the Pacific wait for a customs Check. A group of 275 officers and 800 Ems flew Home in 65 fortresses and liberators. Amp military big 3�?T May meet soon London june 3 Reuter a Gen Eisenhower Field marshal Montgomery and marshal Zhukov will meet Quot any Day now Quot to establish a working capital for the Allied control commission for Germany a British foreign office spokesman said today. He said the meeting would be held in  fact on display Washington june 3 ans the original German unconditional surrender documents including those signed in Rheims and Berlin will be placed on Public exhibition at the National archives Hete june 6/ the first anniversary of a Day. Man who swore first dough in has but 68 pts. John Lawton of Everett mass., the g1 who could Rake together just 48 Points even though he was the first Man to be inducted unde selective service Isnit alone in the Points shortage. The Man who inducted him major John a. Ryan jr., of the 212th pm battalion in the Eton is a bit Short himself with Only 68 Points to his credit. Said Ryan Quot marry i have sworn in have More Points than  r Buenos Aires in army scrip . Reflects plan to use italians i a Cuico report Washington june 3 ins . Authorities Are not interested in using the 35,000 members of the italian service units in this country to fight Japan it was reported today. A spokesman for the italian embassy recently suggested they be accepted Xor this service saying Many were willing to Volunteer. A a the american attitude reportedly is based on the belief that these men working for the Allied War Effort in this country can better serve by remaining where they Are. Another Factor is their Lack of training for Pacific warfare. May be sent Homo disposition of italian War prisoners has been a subject of continued discussion Between the state department and italian embassy. No decision has been reached but with ships going to Italy for the redeployment of american forces there it appears possible that most italian service forces can be sent Home if they can be More usefully employed there. A few including the very ill already have been sent Home. An estimated 16.000 die hard fascist prisoners Are in a different category and will be dealt with separately. They will be sent Home at the earliest Quot convenience Quot of the . . Ships sail without escort new York june 3�?argentina�?Ts Farrell government since declaring War on Germany and Japan two months ago Quot has deprived the Argentine people of what Small remains of Freedom they still possessed Quot the Buenos Aires correspondent of the new York times reported today. In an uncensored dispatch Arnaldo Cortesi told of whole sections of the capital occupied by the army with citizens searched on the Street for arms of policemen directing traffic with revolvers in their hands and of at least one innocent Man machine gunned in a subway station. Forte six a report coinciding with renewal of press censorship after six months said eight newspapers were suppressed in May and added that recent incidents Quot exceed anything this correspondent can remember in his 17 years of experience in fascist  . Mission in Prague Prague june 3 ins a the first group of . Embassy officials arrived Here yesterday. Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt is expected shortly. Japanese american teams to teach War bound cams Washington june 3 up a troops shifted from the Eto to the Pacific via the . Will be introduced to japanese tactics and weapons by specially trained teams of japanese american soldiers. The teams will demonstrate enemy uniforms weapons and methods of fighting As part of a ground forces course covering eight weeks. The first six weeks of the course will be Given Over to individual training to familiarize the Soldier with living and fighting conditions in the far East while the last two weeks will be devoted to unit training. Special stress will be placed on swimming both for personal safety and operations. New swimming pools have been built at Camp Hood Tex and Camp Roberts calif., As Well As at a number of other installations in the states. Washington june 3 ans a american merchant ships like the British now sail non combat Waters fully lighted and without naval escort the Navy announced today. Suspension of convoys indicated the few German a boats still unaccounted for Are presumed sunk or no longer a serious threat naval spokesman believed eleven were still at  Eto troops under Devers sheaf june 3�?command of All us. And French troops still in the Eto was Given to Gen. Jacob l. Devers today with announcement he would take Over 12th army up. During Gen. Omar n. Bradley a visit to the states. Devers will retain command of his own sixth army up. Two . Soldiers hanged be mans june 3 a two  soldiers were hanged in this French City thursday following their conviction on murder   an my College first tactical air Force Dijon France june 3�?instead of worrying about flak on bombing runs air Force gis Here Are sweating out class room answers on subjects ranging from calculus to crop management. They re attending Quot thunderbird University Quot a typical air Force Post be Day information and education project in the Eto. The airmen Are Busy on a program planned to keep them Busy pending redeployment and also As the Bays say with a smile to improve their minds. Organized schools three officers of the 34th bomb. Squadron 17th bomb . Qwen k. Earl of Las vegas nev., Squadron executive officer 1st it. Avem k. Boright of Missoula mont., i and e officer and 1st it. Thomas c. Collier of Indianapolis a Pilot with 39 missions organized the University for some 400 men. Boright is honorary Quot president of Quot thunderbird  and Collier is  the curriculum includes Trego Demetry blueprint Reading shorthand psychology surveying american history economics sketching French photography music carpentry accounting and Small business management. 30,000 Rushing deploy Camps More than 12,000 Engineer construction troops of the Oise intermediate Section aided by 18,000 German pm labourers Are Rushing completion of 17 redeployment Camps in Eastern France through which countless . Soldiers will pass on their Way to the . Or the Pacific theater. Priority is being Given to the erection of tent cities which will accommodate 300.000 men. Also scheduled for erection Are 10,000 huts for use As Headquarters buildings mess Halls and recreation centers heavies leave Italy Rome june 3 apr the 485th, 449th, 450th, 98th and 376th heavy bomber groups of the 15th of have left Italy for the . To rest and re equip before going to the Pacific