Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Tuesday july 24, 1945 the stars and stripes Page e of a mail Calls letters Trade places with strikers dear editor it s a dam shame about the situation which is now existing at the Akron rubber plants. Can to those strikers get it through their Heads that they Are doing exactly what cur enemy wants them to do when men in essential Industry walk out on their jobs they Are hindering not aiding Japan a defeat. There a not a i overseas who gladly replace those Guys at our regular army pay if they in return would take our places on the line. R a sgt. William t. Stinson and others. Dear editor in be just read the article on the disgusting situation which prevails at the Akron rubber plants. It s now reached the Point where our planes May be pulled out d the attack on Japan according to Gen. Arnold. I wonder if those same strikers would like to Swap places with some Joes who Are at this moment sweating it out on some Pacific Island watching and waiting for a fighters and bombers to Knock out that enemy Strong Point which is holding them up. A three disgusted infantrymen dear editor apparently those people on the Home front who Are continually striking Haven to the slightest idea of How a Man feels to be far away on some Battle front. We seriously believe that a lot of those Guys Back there who Are willing to walk out on their essential War Job for a few extra dollars Are just As Able to Wear the a uniform As we ois Over Here. If the people in the states expect this War to finish Pronto they better make up their minds to give we who want to see this thing Over with some Good old Home front support. Cpl. P. A. Matero and other the pvt. Pays says this pvt. Dear editor i am a Buck private and draw 28 dollars per month. 4 i went on sick Call one morning and was admitted to the Hospital without a Chance to return to my company and turn in my equipment and clothing. When i returned and received my Barracks bag i was Short of about 90 dollars Worth of equipment and clothing. When i asked for a report of Survey which i thought was More Correct than a statement of charges i was told that the Only Way i could get one was to get my co. A now in the t7.sa. To sign it for me. Does a private have to be the loser always in the past week we have lost some of our men by the age Law and we Are glad Ghat our men were Able to get released to go Home. A a very poor pvt allotment dear editor Why Dees that Job off filers of dub Leus brainpower to cheerfully Send allotments the childless wives who Are making Good Money but drag out for ten months and finally refuse an Pilot tent the a Aat Diery smother during this time sending Oeun Tasss interviewers to humiliate Embarrass and browbeat the Mother who is a is longer Able the work a Neil p. Murphy Quot our letter to mall Calls did t a much Good did it pvts., pfc a rap liquor ration plan for cos dear editor i can to think of any reason Why the cos should be Given liquor rations and the last two graders Are left out in the cold. We privates and pics Are just As american and just As human As the cos and we enjoy a Good american drink As much As the next Guy. If there a not enough to go around to All enlisted men we done to think its fair to give rations to the cos. A pvt. M. O. East and 27 others dear editor i have just read where the cos Are getting liquor rations. While i m honestly Happy Over the fact that they Are getting them i also believe that some consideration should be shown to the privates and pics along those lines. After All we Are All in this thing together and we too would like some american liquor. A pfc Frank Conner and two privates dear editor Well its about time that we cos get liquor rations. After All we re the brains of the army and its up to us and the officers to do the thinking for the rest. I think that we should have been Given them Long ago. A a has. Sgt maps see what pm wants them to see dear editor to those three its. Who inferred that we maps Are Blind because we done to Stop military vehicles with civilian women passengers Riding in them we would like to say that we Are not Blind at All we re just following orders. A we see them All the time but our officers Tell us to look at these things with an a a understanding i heard that there was going to be a drive on picking up those jeeps once but for some reason it was suddenly dropped. A an my dear editor in regards to the letter sent into your column by the three its. Who referred to the i vehicles being used by officers and Ems to woo their French girl friends i would like to say that i too see plenty of such incidents and i agree with the its. In every respect. However As far As the maps being Blind i think that the its. Are a bit unfair. We Are not Blind but we see Only what the Provost marshal wants us to see. A a former Mph no furlough dear editor i have been in the army five yearn and during the year and half which i have been overseas in be had Only one 24 hour pass. Why is it that a Guy can to get a furlough in this army a pvt. Maurice a. Wamble and others Gene a vet club has pm rival dear editor Brig. Gen. O. N. Solberto a suggestion fat a proposed Veteran service association that soldiers officers and enlisted men can join and of which they can foe member in civilian life is a commendable one and should elicit much response from All ranks in the Eto. We extend to Gen. Solbert every Good wish for a successful formation of his proposed new veterans organization and an invitation to work with what in a few years time will be the biggest and most influential veterans organization in America our own organization made up of millions of veterans of the european and Pacific Heaters who served As enlisted men a Cpl. Z. S. And Ike forget 2-theater gis dear editor what happened to Gen. Eisenhower a order that men who had fought in both Heaters Over Here go to the Pacific we thought that we were All set having fired at Sicily Sardinia and France and holding Battle stars for Sicily Naples fog Gia Rome Amo and Rhineland campaigns. But now they Tell us that unless we have 85 Points or More we go to the Pacific. We noticed that Corsica and Sardinia Are mentioned specifically As being included under Quot North african what a the Deal we done to think that Quot Ike intended his aaa to be forgotten. �?167 the aaa in dear editor does the Gen. Think that i or any other i would belong to an organization in which officers had membership no sir. The Barrier placed there in Basic training cannot be eradicated merely by the sign ing of papers ending a War. No Gen., in a afraid the attitude of of glorious oct boys has caused a feeling among the pm that no organization could change. \ 9 it is regrettable that an association for this purpose cannot be realized but x Lor one will pick my own associates after x my discharged. A a 1st sgt Marseille gobs All in a mess dear editor sometime ago i remember Reading an article in the s&8 concerning pen. Eisenhower a statement pertaining to gis who had seen service in the Africa Sicily Italy campaigns. The Gen. Said that men who served in those campaigns would not be sent to the Pacific. I have served in those places and i am now on my Way to the Pacific. What a the Deal Isnit someone a Little mixed up on this business it it a pfc Ray Wells relations dear editor there Are Many boys Over Here like myself who done to want to go to the us Paris or the Riviera on their furloughs. They have relations in Germany France or Belgium whom they Haven t seen for a Long time and would like to visit. Why done to they give the Guys a pass in order that they might see their relations i have a brother in Belgium and i can to even get a pass to ase him. �?8-sgt. John a. Kriett rouble dear editor we have a Battle Case in the same Ward with us and today the nurse told him to drink some milk and when he said he did no to want it she said he was More trouble than he was Worth. Is this right a pvt. Cup. And dam. Dear editor while eating Chow recently at the 70th c by mess a couple of sailors came in and a asked in a Nice Way if they could eat there. The mess sgt. Gave them a sob Story and turned them Down. A Guy must by pretty Low to refuse another i something v to eat especially when they usually throw out the leftovers. Up save never refuse eats to an american even if you have to offer him 8 baloney Sandwich. A a. E. W. Dear editor can you Tell me and a lot More of to boys Why the i Meas Hall in Marseille. Cant feed american sailors it gripes us to see English sailors get fed when our Sowri comrades the american sailors get turned Down. If a Sailor is hungry Why cant How aty t ? a a is sgt. Jack Pmj # if the shoe fits then Wear. Perhaps russian German japanese and All other Soldier personnel Are just As foul mouthed As our own servicemen. Not being a diversified linguist ill never know however if the members of any nationality even closely rival our own i Joes and officers for sheer obscenity and profanity it would be a revelation to Many. The i amp a program offers various and sundry topics for the Soldier who would apply his spare time to a bit of learning. The i Bill of rights has offers and inducements for the Serviceman when he reaches the states and hangs up his 008 but who in the world is going to re Orient the poor devils in the use of Plain English assuming at least a few were once exposed to the basics thereof before joining the ranks ?. Some of the poor devils that i listen to Day and night Are so far divorced from the use of English that it will Tak amp a Complete elementary English course to set them straight again. Undoubtedly some think it is a Mark of manhood to be constantly profane and verbally nauseating. Anybody who tries this shoe on for size and finds that it fits you re the _ in a talking too. Wise up tax that feeble mentality and just see if it s possible to a simple question like Quot what time is or Quot what do we have for Chow a without using some coarsely coined adverb or adjective four or five times. A a two Gail a
