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Vol. 2, No. 34, Saturday, July 29, 1944

Published In Italy

TWO LIRE

Infested Hills Bar

Soviets Last Florence Lap; Yanks Yanks Held At Pisa

Near Gates Of Menace Seven

Warsaw; Divisions

British Hold On Italian

Monopoly Action;

Foe Tries Frantically To Make Withdrawal

Kraut-Chasing

5th Army

RepEvoarctuatBiroensst; -ELniefmoyvsk

Progress Steady

Near Coutances

In Pause That Refreshes Reeling Back

By SgL LEN SMITH

American troops driving toward

LONDON. July 28 -- Soviet troops,

(Stars and Stripes Staff Writer) ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD-

QUARTERS, July 28-- At least one more line of German-infested hills today barred the path of slogging 8th Army troops on the last seven miles of the road to Florence, where the furious fighting was in sharp contrast from that in the 5th Army stalemated sector before Pisa.

frToondtay'tosldoffoifciaslteraedpyo,rtssufbsrtoamntitahle

progrestisful ctitoy,wbaurtd tIetamlpye'sremdostthebeaaun-nouncements of gains of up to

three miles with warnings of what lies ahead.

The 8th Army had a monopoly o5tnh yAersmtyerdafyr'osnt actthieorne. wAaslonagn tihn-e

crease in the artillery exchanges

Athmaetrihcaavnes marrekaecdh*edthatthefrosnotutshienrcne section of Pisa. Concentrations of

Yanks In Italy Aid troops, guns, tanks and supplies

with which the Germans hope to contain the 5t.h Army on the south banks of Amo, were all heavily

Russians -- Sfimson shelled through smoke screens by

5th Army artillery. Enemy retaliatory Are was heavy, and accom

panied by scattered air raids.

werTehe on8ththeArfmlyan'kss. bFeisftteaednvamnicleess west of Florence, Indian troops were within four miles of Empoli, on Highway 67 and the Amo. South-

west of Florence, New Zealanders had established a Pesa River bridgehead in the vicinity of en-

(Continued on page 8)

RoMoesnetvieolnte'ds FLoergaClourAtidPeost ParTeontDseliPnlqueeandcy GuCihlatryge NEW YORK, July 28-- Justice

Samuel I. Rosenmann, legal advisor to President Roosevelt, is be-

ing mentioned in Democratic circles as a probable candidate for Asso-

ciate Justice of the New York Court

Marines Capture of Appeals, according to the Associated Press. The candidate for the

Tinian Airfield a14p-pyeelaarte tecromurton wtihlel Sbteated'sesihgingahteesdt

at a meeting of the New York State Democratic Committee here on August 8. The position pays 22,000 dollars a year.

the west coast at the base of the Cherbourg Peninsula in Normandy were threatening Friday to cut off at least seven German divisions,

Including two armored units, north

(Stars Baynd SgStt.ripAeLs SKtOafHfN Writer ;

WITH THE 5TH ARMY, July 28

--The lull, which has characterized our 105itszer,s als1o 5h5asveangdoneeigthot-tihenchmouhnodw.-

the American sector Yank infantrymen

in Italy since entered Fisa

AmIof abneylievmeas ntheloroikvierngcraocsrsoinsgs

wtihlel

and west of Coutances. Coutances, five miles inland from the coast

and the hub of a road network In western Normandy, was under American artillery fire. Front-line

Sunday morning, is a natural pause before so formidable a barrier as the Arno River.

For nearly three months since

May II, the 5th Army has been

baeb-oveeasythhoese hawsho nortecarlaliseodthehris rivvoeircse which have been part of the Italian obstacle course. Some of the men here helped to breach the enemy defenses at the Volturno and saw

dispatches said that the Nazis were trying frantically to withdraw their threatened divisions and resistance

was described as "disorganized and

nippiinnggeneamty twhheo hehealss hoaflttehde rteotrfeiagth-t at only a few scattered places. These fierce battles, however, have cost us casualties and the long ad-

vance of nearly 400 miles since the

tlie Rapido run red with the blood oGfertmhaenir acrotimlrlaerdye.s slaughtered by

Everyone seems to realize that the Amo can only be crossed suc-

chaTohtoicu.s"aponrtdedstakenobfy

prisoners the Yank

were reforces.

Three powerful American columns, supported by tanks and closely

Gustav Line has tired our men who have been moving continuously for maNnoyw wetehkes. tired men are resting

cessfully bythe most thorough preto the Wehrparmationas.Itwcihltl bteo osfaynothactomefvoerrty soldier sent into that attempt will

covered by planes, were pushing ahead in the spectacular drive which had gained 12 miles in the past three days.

and the casualties are being replaced. Along the vast network of

roads in our portion of Tuscany you can see supplies of food and

be

tra(inCeodntiennuoeudghonsopahgee'll8)have-A

One column, driving southeast ammunition moving up. Supplies of

from Lessay and Periers was said to have lost contact with the Nazis

Bailey bridge sections are sV>red at many places along the roads, too,

bterceautse , of the rapidity of the re- ready for assembly as soon as our

SECOND COLUMN

twrhoiocpsh fvoarcreiesa cirnosswiindgthof ftrhoem Arlnesos

A second column, striking from

cntohareptthucereaensdtteroCfaoCmfopurtthoaenncdeA,sm.erfiicvaen

line, miles

sDbooneaueAymtoheiotennfghadisfrrttIodhmcCeCeocCofroemuilnaStsuiitayml.nnnl,cLyloee,assfacatnaSnhdtparnoeluilsntwtegrhaoesattodwosusootausNtmtlfohreir.tialorddemee-s

than 50 feet at our right flank to more than 500 feet at its mouth. notTehea tteermmpor"alruyll"ardmoisetsicenotby coanny means. Every night American pa trols probe German defenses on the uorth bank of the Amo and, sev-

eral officers have reported, the Krauts return the visits in areas

held lightly by us. Then, too, artillery fire continues. Sometimes,

sucWcAesSsHesINiGnTOItNa,ly hJauvley f2or8c--edAUitehde

Germans to divert six fresh divisaitonesrtostwhhearte tfhreoynt arferomharodtheprrestsheed-

for combat manpower, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said today.

Recently returned from a tour of the European theater, Secre

On were

the eastern sector of the Nor-

mandy front, Lt. Gen. Miles Demp-

sey's British pinning

anddownCanGaedrimanan

soalrdimeorrs

It's lighwaty,s thseroe mIestitmhees pohsesaivbyi,litbyut thaaltJerry may lob over a few just to keep his pitching arm warm. And

tary Stimson said that of German troops to after the Allied drive indicated that Allied

the diversion Italy started to Rome. He achievements

and infantry in bitter fighting south and southwest of Caen. The

in Italy with the resultant necessity imposed upon Germany to send

Germans were holding up the 2nd

Army offensive, but only at the

price of committing to the battle

forces which were badly needed in

western Normandy where the

American 1st Army was making Its sensational advance. Latest dis-

patches from the Caen sector said

HOLLYWOOD, July 28-- Pleading guilty to clinoquenncy otf trhiebiurtindgaugthotertsh,e tdhee-

that Canadian forces were standing firm In the face of terrific Nazi cVeorurniteercrsa.ttacks in the vicinity of

Iparents of three young Hollywood dhaernecertsodayw.ere -placed on probation

The girl dancers figured in the

new units there had been particularly beneficial to Russia.

"One unit fighting American forces in Italy was formed in Ba varia and equipped with special winter clothing for Russia. It had to be dispatched suddenly in June to Italy to reinforce the decimated divisions there. Another German dvision was forming in Poland and intended for the Russian front, but

just before the opening of the Sov-

The renewed Allied drive in Nor- testimony in the recent court Mri.et oSffteinsmisveonit swaaisd stehnatt twohilIetalty.h"e

mandy was being observed by a martial of Capt. Morrison J. Wilkin-

Russian military mission, compris-

son, Jr., who was sentenced to 30

ing two admirals and a general, years at hard labor after having

whose arrival was reported Thurs- 1'cbheaerngesf.ound guilty of several sex

day by a French war correspondent.

Germans apparently had elected to make a decisive fight at the base of the Cherbourg Peninsula in Nor-

mandy, where the stiffest sort of combat was in prospect, Russian

climaxing the greatest 24 hours of the 34-day-old Russian summer of-

fensive, were reported within 30 miles of Warsaw today and its fall appeared certain with an official German announcement theft BrestLitovsk, last great bastion guarding the approaches to the Polish capi-

tal. had been evacuated. The German announcement fol-

lowed by only a few hours five special Orders of the Day from Marshal Stalin last night reporting Soviet capture of six powerful Nazi strongholds along the entire front from the Carpathian foothills to the Gulf of Finland.

[The German News Agency announced today the evacuation of

Kaunas, capital of Lithuania, anc. important railway junction 80 miles east of Tilsit in East Prussia ana 140 miles east of Koenigsberg, cap.tal of East Prussia.]

As tMoroy ssacluonotuwencse'd,tshetRheegduSnosavrimfeiitreesdpr2eh4am.di0e00rtavkaiencn-SDhvaivnlsik inanLidthuRaenizae,knaend inBialLyatsvt:o.k\,, Lwow and Stanislov in Poland.

Brest-Litovsk. almost completely cut off by Marshal Konstantin Rokwoasssovtshkey'fsirsstwicfittydrciavpetuorned Wabrysatwh,e Germans in June, 1941. when they crossed the demarcation line in ttahlesior w"ahsolythewars"cenaegaionfsttheRusssiigan.ingIt of the harsh treaty imposed on the Russians by Field Marshal Von Ludendorf in the last war.

EtlieasosFsntaslltPhcreaounnfstseiSr9ah0a,vllmipiin,llkaeiscnlgeadrfgtrehoSeomcvBioaetmlthmteuicnaBriamcwliiateti-shc Sea and increased the danger to an estimated 40 Nazi divisions in the Baltic republics. The capture of Dvinsk and Rezekne opened the way for a direct drive to Riga on the Baltic and it appeared that the entire German northern front com-

manded by General Lindermann had been outflanked. News of the

(Continued on page 8)

PEARL HARBOR. July 28-- UninorthteedrSntatesthMiarrdinoefs Tinnoiwan,conitnrcolluditnhge

*

armies in the eastern theater were the dominating height of Mt. Lasso,

What

Does

A Soldier

Say

carving

up the Nazi armies, enveloping German strongpoints,

farcocmordPiancigficto Flteoedtayh'esadqcuoamrmtuernsi.que

To A King? threatening German forces in the Baltic and pressing the Nazis back so fast in Poland the enemy was

The announcement the southward drive

land, supported by

revealed that across the IsSaipan based

By CpL ROBERT FLEISHER (Stars and Stripes Staff Writer)

having

efoxrmintg hris ebmroekendifrfainckusl.ty

in

re-

aircraft, has captured one of the finest airfields in the Marianas

WITH THE ROYAL PARTY ON poll revealed five people in favor Watching out of the comer of my

Mail Order Marriages THE 8TH ARMY FRONT. July 27 of "Your Majesty," three leaned eye I could see him as he moved

(Delayeds)ented t--o thIef yKoiungploafn Etnoglbaendprei-n

toward "Sire," six favored a simple "Sir," and one man held out for

from man to man. He seemed to be in very high spirits, smiling and

JchaapAiann.enseew

attempt to break

by out

the trappea of the Orote

Peninsula, south of Guam, cost

them another 400 dead and at least

Okay With Washington the near future, don't expect any

hmaenlupaflu.l Ihtintteslls fyrooum whtahte ysooludiecra'ns say to second lieutenants and what a court-martial will give you for seavyeinnginit,thbeutintdheex. word 'King* isn't

They had told us the night before that the 8th Army correspondents would have the honor of being

presented to the King at 0800 hours this morning. Most of the corre'Spondents looked down at their dusty clothes and figured out ways

"YBouutr tRhoeyanlextHigmhonrensisng", on a ltigh clearing overlooking miles of roll-

ing countryside, we were given our instructions. First, all army person-

nel were to salute the King as soon as he passed in front of them. Next came a bow, not from the hips as in the days of yore, but from the neck as in ducking a low girder. Third was the handshake -- nothing out of the ordinary here -- and fuonulretshs, h"eDosnp'etaksspetaok ytoou, thaend Kiandg-

chatting briefly with each person.

bIokwe,pt shraepkeeatihnagndsto maynsdelfk,ee"pSalyuotuer, mouth shut Salute, bow, shake

haSndusddeannldy ketehpereyohuer wmaosuthin sfhruotn"t of me, and the official introducer was telling him who I was. Some-

how I managed to salute, bow and hand-shake all in the right order. Then I stood by to await developments.

The King smiled graciously and

to make them as presentable as possible.

Our drnessahmimeass

*wSeirr\e"

then

called

out

said in a very soft voice, "Stars and Stripes." Pause. "How long has

Midst the pounding of pants against tent poles and a mad search for shoe polish, a calm but deter-

mined discussion concerning the

and we linked up in that order, doing what might pass for a "dress right dressosna"bly sutrnaitgihtl. Tthhee lKiinneg wassteprpeead-

tha"tAbboeuetn 1g8oinmgontohns?," sir," I replied, mdeotiincg. a fast bit of inaccurate arith-

proper etiquette for meeting the down from his specially built His Majesty smiled again and

King was going on. The biggest dif- trailer and walked slowly to the looked quickly into my eyes. He

ference of opinion arose over how to address him. A quick, informal

fhoeoat.d

of the line. I was

near

the

nodded

as if satisfied and

moved

WASHriIagesNbyGmaTiOlN,are Jouklayy 2w8i--thMatrh-e Army and the wife may collect the allowances of her soldier-husband if the state in which the marriage contract was made recognizes mailmarriages as valid. This was a rul-

inergaltinodtahyebycatshee oCfomaptPreonlnlseyrlvaGneinacouple who on December 3, 1943, became man and wife by means or a document mailed back and forth for signature.

it Tihse imdpoocsusmiebnlte fsotratetdh:em"Whaetretahsis time to procure a marriage license and be married by civil or religious ceremony they mutually covenant, apnrdomihseenceafnodrthagrseheallthebye ahruesbannodw

c1l2aredt.anks, the communique deSecretary of War Henry L.

Stimson. in Washington, announced today that 85,000 Japa-

centranlese atrnodops shoavuethwbeesetn Pkaiclilfeidc insintchee American forces started their cur-

rent grand offensive. The figure.

SienccrleutdearythSetitmhsoounsansadisd, w"hdoocsmunsott

have perished in sunken and da-

A commagmeduenneimyquwearshfirpos.m" southeast Asia Cofirmemda rmeacenndt ahtetaacdkquoanrtethres Jacpoan--

ernnetsipe opofrt oSfumaStarbaa.ng,Batattletshheipsn,ortdhe-stroyers and cruisers of the East-

ern Fleet, covered by carrier aircraft, blasted the enemy base for

35 minutes. Official reports dealmost clcareod tmhephlaertbeolry indsetsatlrloayteido.ns were

and wife."

Pace *

THE STARS AND STRIPES WEEKLY

Saturday, July 29, 1944

THE STARS AND STRIPES (MEDITERRANEAN)

Dally newspaper of the U. S. Armed Force* published Mondays through Saturday* for troops In Italy.

J.

Publications Christenson;

Officer. Editor,

Capt. Robert Lt. Ed Hill;

Neville; Executive Officer. Treasurer, W.O. 0-8) E?rl

Capt. Robert D. Erickson.

Office; 152 Via del Trltone. in the II Messaggero building, Rome, Telephones: Capt. Christenson. 42343; Editorial. 43041. Circulation. 470&40.

Acknowledgment Is made of the editorial services supplied by the United Notions New* Service and the Army New* Service.

The Star* and Stripes U printed at the plant of n Messaggero, 152 Via del Trltone. Rome.

UP FRONT ...

By MAULDIN

Vol. 2, No. 34

Saturday, July 29, 1944

Managing Editor News Editor

?Sg3tg.L*WJitlSl7ieam G?Hlodg!anng

Staff: Lt. James A. Burchard. Sgt*. John M. Wltllg. Bill Mauldin. Al

Kohn. Don Williams, Stanley Mcltzoff. Grayson B. Tewksbury. Len Smith.

Ray Reynolds. Robert Jones. William Gllham,

B. McIntyre, Bob Flelsher;

Joe Bally. Jack Raymond; Cpls. Wade Pvt*. Edmund F. Hogan. George Dorsey

Bob Meyer, John Lawler, John Welsh. III.

By SgL RALPH G. MARTIN (Stars and Stripes Staff Writer)

RED OAK. Iowa -- Nobody

thhoolumghctoulPdfc.livFer.ankiyn Paul Sand-

He had a big hole in his belly

where a large chunk of a 50-pound frag bomb had ripped through, cut-

tintgihniess,btleaaridngdetrhroaungdh shmiasllreicnttuems.-

'Dear Herbie . .

Dear Editor:

ing more pay and we are hoping they get all the breaks due to them.

Another fragment sheared away parTthatof hwiass artme.n minutes to ten,

But. If you are still griping about Sunday morning. Dec. 19, 1943, in

This is a reply to T-5 "Herbie" Arnold's letter of "protest" in the July 24 issue of Mail Cali pertain-

ing to the raise of pay for Airborne troops.

Herbie, dear, in response to your statement that the Airborne troops have NOT seen combat, we wish to show you where you are slightly wrong; however, please bear in

pay, why don't you Join up and collect some ''eas--y Pmfocn.eyF.r"ank Campos

...i.ng bTehene a pavroalturnotoaprsy alsewravyiscehaavr-e made up of men (if I may say so without conceit) who are not lack-

ing in some of the things you are, namely broadmindedness and --

the outskirts of San Pietro where Pfc. Sandholm and eight buddies were surveying advance positions for the guns of A Battery of the 131st Field Artillery o 1 the 34th Di-

vision. Fifteen ME- 109s had suddenly swooped out of the clouds and plastered the whole area, killseveni.ng one out of the eight, wounding

mind that we, the undersigned, are

But today, after passing through

0

all reclassified and no longer draw When you were drafted (and no one painful crisis after another on

extra pay. Also, we are not aim- gduotusb.t you were) you were given the operating table, absorbing

we

ing this letter at the Infantry for know what those boys go

the opportunity to Join and as yet, has seen any armed

no one, guards

bottles and bottles of slow -dripping blood plasma and spending 55 days

through. We them.

have fought beside or iron gates barring your way... -- Sgt. liar bind M. Brown

iPfnc.beSdanudrhionlamtingwasthrhooumgeh aagaitnu.be--

mBcst little mine detector made.m

We are aiming this straight at YOU and anyone else who happens to share your belief.

Do you happen to know that one paratroop outfit has more actual combat hours than any regiment in the Mediterranean theater? This statement is taken from The In-

fantry Journal.

Starting at Salerno, the paratroops were called to relieve the

overwhelming pressure on the hard pressed troops while at the same time, one battalion made a sacrifice mission 40 miles behind the lines

. . . Paratroop units which have taken part in various campaigns for the most part have won such things as a Presidential Citation with an oak leaf cluster, to say nothing of the award given one of these units by the Free French tGhoivnegrsnmeanwta.y Thfeoyr dsoint'ttinggiveartohuonsde twiddling your thumbs,

-- Cpl. J. P. Jones

Editorials

Dream World . . .

''Its like a dream. I never

thPofucg.htSaInddhmoalkme isit,a" htaeil,sa2i3d.-yearold boy with an old face and thinlooks nainngdblacakcthsairlikwe'hao fsatrimllertaldkes-,

spite his two years in the Army. Now', as soon as he finishes a 21-

rdea-yex faumrilonuagthi,onhea'ts sa chneedaurlbeyd Alrormya hospital to find out if he can drop the Pfc. and become Just plain Mr. again. But even if he is discharged

: Flashes From The j

\ Italian Front Lines \

Eaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa3 CHICKEN CACCIATORE Is a very delectable Italian dish, consisting of the bird parboiled in savory tomato Juice. At least that's

whal Cpl. Joseph D. Digatono, Minneapolis, Minn., remembered hearing his grandpa say in the States. Joe was quite delighted to accept

the dinner invitation of an Italian family, partcularly when they said

to create a confusion to divert enemy supplies and troops from the

beachhead, which they did to perfection. Those troopers who landed

on the beachhead fought all the , way teruNpapleas.nd were the first to en-

They stopped there only to reorganize; Thus, they were in on the

crossing of the Volturno. holding

doAwsnk tahntaeylion5RatbahountgAterrhmeyo'rstrtohroeipgeh3rtrsd flBwaanhtko-.

Dear Editor: And ntiociswm. the osnolmye

tchoinnsgtrulcatcikviengcrit-o

pflreonmty thaebouAtrmyw,hathe'tshewormreydiincgs might tell him. He's worrying that

medaikteoriayloucrol'u'mtna,b" ecxopmrpelsestien,g isyouarn viewsant too nallsuobfjecust.s that are import-

bthaecyk'lltoteltlhehifmarmt,hatthahte tchaen'tworgko will be too heavy lor him.

"1 Just don't know what I'm

If not daily, then once a week. gonna do if they won't let me w*ork

It's your best chance to use one of FthreeedpormeceopftsSpeweecrhe . f. i.ghting for--

on a farm. I've never done anyanythitnhigng else.elIs'ev.e nIetvewrouwladntebde ttoougdho

-- T-4 Jack Silberman getBtuitngasusheed ketpot aonnothtearlkinJgob."about

chicken cacciatore was on the menu. It looked fine when placed on

the table and Joe eagerly stuck his fork In to spear a piece. He came

uisp dwuieth fotrhea hleeandgtohfy thleettcerh.icken-- no, not the neck-- the head. Grandpa

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THE DUGOUT OF PVT. LLOYD PECKENBAUGH. Santa Ana,

Calif., was plenty elaborate already, but Lloyd decided it needed a final touch. He found a bike, rode lt to a stream which ran next to

his dugout and began to work. First, he removed the foot pedals. Then he attached empty C ration cans to the sprocket of the wheels. Next, he set the bike in the middle of the stream. The force of the water caught the cans, revolved them and thus manipulated a generator.

fought beside them at Venafro! -- Pfc. Charles Doyle

To settle the question on extra pay, we cordially invite you to the Airborne Training Center, as a volunteechrut,e frotm oanJuamiprplwaineth ina fplaigrhat-. If you think that the paratroopers pdaiyd,n'tcomeearnandevefriynd coeuntt fiorfst ehxatnrad-.

Medics On Medals

Dear Editor: Why is it that litter bearers of a

collecting company who worked w'ith the battalion aid men, and evacuated patients under fire along with tcheieve theaicdombbaeatrerisnfadnitdrynobtadrgeeas the others did?

it, it was obvious that he and his wife had been discussing possibili-

when'*tiesfauntd uprle.ansWhaftoerverthehap"ipfeneadn,d

Othaeky. mail Then

both wanted to stay in Red

Maybe he could be a rural

carrier they

or something like that. could both still live on

dad's farm and he could always do

ldirtitvliengthiangtsracatroor.und the place* like

Pvt. Peckenbaugh now has an electric light burning in his dugout.

THE PRESENT ITALIAN DRIVE doesn't leave much time for boxing. Cpl. James Case, Berrian Center, Mich., mourns. Champion of the 5th Army, in the 126-pound class and semi-finalist in the Allied tournament in Algiers last winter, Cpl. Case is acting S-2 sergeant, acting operations sergeant and battalion gas noncom. His friends say the latter job keeps Cpl. Case busiest.

--Pfc. W. F. Wilkcrson

... As for nothing done by paratroopers. our outfit has been in on

! In The Barn . . . almost evexpr deal since the inva-

Anziosion obf eNaocrhthheadA.frica, including the We feel the same way you do

about the regular in fan try receiv-

These men risked their lives abecfaeuw'se ofthtehecmollewcetrieng wcooumnpdaendy,

and ibsuta

PfcT.haStanwdahsolomne

of did

the first when he

things came

back -- drive a tractor.

step back in the echelon, they were

denied this badge. We feel that our

men are deserving of the same con sideration as others.

-- CpL So! Glick Pvt. F. Radcliff

atRmwa''nnhoheBddeov"e1yefaroastIlnrlahcswdeieoorhsndyuamiailIelnnsdilhrnednkceledi'klneceetledoIdodswginnrwmimtce'eaozieeesttenidtsMItataahmlniyehmlednyiayttdo.oavJ"waneveumrdntormh.yhideepceeeNReodcolbstvolvaaahleiientieresadrdnn-,,t

is 16 dfeoard a.

ye. da.rosg.

old. I

That's pretty thought he'd

old be

AT A TIME WHEN ALL HEADQUARTERS are shouting about the necessity for care of clothing and equipment, you might find it re-

freshing to talk to Capt. Luther Doty, Birmingham. Ala., who still has the OD shirt which was issued to him more than three years ago when he was Inducted. An OCS graduate and operations officer for an in-

fantry battalion. Capt. Doty saiu the shirt has taken part in the African

and Italian campaigns and is "still the best shirt I've got."

THE MAILED ARM OF COINCIDENCE gets longer and longer. In 1938 Arthur Rennert left Heidelberg for America and soon he was in the Army, fighting the people who had been his neighbors, literally. For when Pvt. Renneri, New York City, was crossing a fresh- battlefield in northern Italy the other day, he picked up a letter written by $ HNeaizdielbseorlgd.ier who had lived Just around the comer from liim in

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Femina Roma On Love At First Sight (The G. I. Patriarch to His Laura)

Wa-pramrtingonkisms.y mouth Is Stella's Andcheestki;ll the gentle pressure of her And of Maria. I will swear to this -- Thteo sleiekke. of her lush beauty's far

Oh, Josephine was lovely in the Anpdale fragrant moonlight as we

danced; and yet, I laovnaigl might search the earth to no To match the tender beauty of

Ly cette.

InHeaLvyedni-abl'esst;arms thrice am I There is no truer woman short of

Heaven.

Conlesatvaennc,y being Love's most proper Herrest.love I treasure far above the

Bucthanofce all women, Laura, ycu by Trapped for all time my heart with

but a glance. t t -- S-Sgi. Kenneth C. Crabbe

Whkantightfeodllydoltprompted that beTo say that love must needs be bom

full-grown? That unconsciousness comes like a

lightning bolt;

Anowthne?r's life must parallel one's thing.

My low was bom a tiny, timid

The whisper of the shadow of a

ghost; I watchgaen tdo sinlgt, grow*, my heart be-

I wtaosuchloesdt. the edge of Eden and

No matter now what thrilling words she said

That nursed my love, that made it grow so strong,

Thihser lhineead.or that, the way she held

What little things encouraged it

along.

?

I kpniteyw those poor men who never

A love, not ready made, but one that grew. --Pfc. F. M. Odom

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