Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 05, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur                                Tim stats strips 1945 Hunt vessels of Gulf coast june 4 submarines operating in Gulf Waters tank 107 ships t in but anti boat action Cut attacks to four in and no attacks were recorded in that area in the Navy disclosed of tree sunken Only 15 were of the others went Down in flames within sight of Twenty we vessels were sent to the Bottom immediately outside new june and july of 1942 were the most disastrous with 26 and 19 sinking the St try revealed that by not invading the Gulf one month ear Boata missed three prize on a Shakedown cruise in the Gulf were the battleships Washington and North Carolina and Ali aircraft Carrier All operating without air cover or adequate losses big Hutaf Iirth june 4 Battle of a segment of the Battle of the Atlan raged against boats for six months Early in the War off North Carolina and Cost the United nations 27 ships and hundreds of forty eight Days after Pearl Harbor the nazis bagged their big Gest the British Empire carrying Gallons of night after night skies above Cape Hatteras were from the flames of burning discharged on Points Minoru Mas Feane dons civilian Eto thet at los at he had been in army 42 28 months overseas in had four nips get out Quick and easy Beach brigades to Mark Day june Anniv Ersary celebrations have been plan Ned by the 438th troop Carrier up and the fifth and sixth Engineer special com z an what is believed to be the first Pillbox captured by the allies in Western Europe will be dedicated wednesday in memory of the dead of the two a Flag will be raised an a Wreath Laid at the brigades cemetery on a Bluff Over looking Omaha pilots of the 87th and 89th of the 488th troop Carrier commanded by i Lucien will hold a party at Amiens saturday june they were handing out discharges so Quick and so Slick today at this German pm separation Center that you Felt like sneaking into line the station is set up like a big american induction prisoners undergo a Given by German army and about As thorough As the familiar Hes Hes in test of draft then there paid the equivalent of 16 Bucks for Ems and twice that for papers Are Deli and there ready to be sent its Quick and taking maybe its so Good a 30th Joe on guard Here muttered a the first time i wish i was in the Germany they lose the they get we we stay Britain loses wartime role of 49th state june 4 which before Day was an unofficial 49th is rapidly becom ing anglicized once yanks left in Britain after the invasion now Are returning the Only americans remaining in Britain will be the staff necessary for Liaison Between Brit ish and american and those administering transit Camps for i homeward bound requisitions dropped american authorities Are begin Ning to return to the British requisitioned items such As build Ings and before Day the army Here had now requires Only wounded soldiers and liberated prisoners still must be cared for and for this purpose More than 100 hospitals Are still maintained by Queens to Ham yanks june 4 up Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth will begin using South Ampton in mid july As their chief port for transporting american troops Back to the soldiers will be funnelled from be Havre to Southampton in smaller vessels and will sail from Here at the rate of a inc or dutch for Pacific san june 4 ins dutch troops will be available for use in the according to former Premier Hubertus Van fifth Book published Clark reveals june 4 Complete history of the fifth army Campaign in Italy will be published Mark 15th army the history will contain every Battle order and reasons for All major decisions of said who commanded the fifth from the time it was activated in North in until he was placed in command of the 15th army up late last new rocket ships coming june 4 new secret ships Are being built especially for rocket launching to spearhead the final invasion against the Ted treas 1 Ury War finance backing Hollywood after nearly three years in the army air Clark Gable goes Over the script of his newest movie with Greer Gawe will play the role of a merchant Mariner in this strange battered ship hulks litter Hamburg port by Milt Honig stars and stripes staff writer june once humming War Industry Center is a mass of twisted blasted submarine and sunken Monu ment to the accuracy of the us Stap and Hamburg was one of the worlds busiest and with a population of More than was Germany second largest its spread Over 10 was the of major boat crude Oil refineries and five Large shipbuilding Blohm and largest ship building Yard in was found with 18 prefabricated u boats in various stages of construct ready for had received direct bomb this same Yard had tied to its piers the Burnt hulks of a newly constructed liner of the Europa and the Robert built for Germany labor front As part of the strength through Joy to be museum june proves where the German com Mand surrendered has become Headquarters of the army Assembly area the room in which German officers signed the surrender will not be used by since plans Are being made to convert it into a spam and stars Tor she general Corporal by Andy Rodney stars and stripes staff writer generals have several but personal Supply and equipment a pair of stars for the shoulder of his uniform costs a general 36 francs in terms of Morey 72 a pair of embroidered which most of the generals Are using costs a major Genera a lieutenant general dollars and so five for each shoulder Cost Gen Eisenhower the Supply of generals shoulder stars appears to be in Paris the officers clothing sales store has a general officers Sec Tion run by t5 Eugene George Patton a Good Star Here he sports 20 of of More than 200 stars Are kept in that sounds like a lot of Weiss but when men like Hodge and Patton get promoted it takes a lot of stars to equip they Nave to have eight stars for each take for Weiss he came in Here after he was promoted and bought 152 he loves pm generals come to Weiss with All their clothing prob now Simpson and Patton Are after him for russian generals have other there is a shortage of red plates with stars for generals for at one time the plates were regular ordnance Issue but in ordnance vehicular reports that they have none in most generals Drivers Are making their own or getting some ordnance outfit to make them for i Cut these out of Clarks pointing to the two Star plates he has on the front of Samuel Andersons they Are supposed to be seven inches High and eleven inches these Arent quite right but no one Ever says anything to Beggs explains that while army regulations prescribe a one Inch Star on the he put twin Cheigh stars on and got away with because Many generals eat frequently at their private hotel there is a grocery store for generals in known officially As the general officers the store has about 300 registered customers on file but Only ten or 12 generals come in to buy anything on the average at present the store is overstocked with Many items manager Roy March cant he has too Many five Pound cans of things like pow dered milk which no single even with a could possibly the store has plenty of spam but it comes in ten Pound cans designed for me shall use and no Gen eral wants that much 4 bargain at dollars but not Many Cut in in two and find some Gen eral who wants the other March sometimes they leave an order with me and i let them know when i am cutting a