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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-05-19
On RatiOning Board

Oxford, Ohio.-Mrs. Mary D. Finch,
retiring McGuffey School fourth grade
teacher, will become a clerk on the
Oxford Rationing Board beginning
June l, Richard Serviss, board chair
man, said. Mrs. Finch will be 70 years
old this month.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-05-19
THIS UNION FAMILY
REALLY GOES TO WAR

Providence, R. l. - You don't need
to tell John A. White "there's a war
on"
White, who is business representa-
tive of Hosting and Portable Engi-
neers Local 81, International Union Of
Operating Engineers (AFL), has five
sons and two brothers in the armed
services and all five of his sons are
members of Local 81.
Two of the sons, John and Charles,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-05-19

are in the Navy. The other three, Ray,
Robert, and Daniel, are in the Army.
The business representatives two
brothers also are with the Army over
seas. Another brother, Daniel A.
White, is secretary-treasurer OF the
Rhode Island State Federation OF La
Dor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-05-19

Hamilton is over one hundred and
fifty years old and it is the first time
any administration has got the old
town off the cuff financially speaking.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-05-19

If we in America are to be saved
from war, we must join with other
nations in removing the cause of war
and in preventing other nations from
engaging in war.-William Green,
at AFL National Postwar Forum.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-05-19
ENVIRONMENT OF A HERO

Sgt. Charles E. Kelly, who demol-
ished 40 Nazi flyers in AZ hours in
Italy, came back to his home town of
Pittsburgh to find the town and six
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-05-19

Hamilton is one of the best gov
erned cities in the State People are
still movin' in.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-05-19
WISDOM

Politeness goes far, yet costs moth
ing Samuel Smiles.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-05-19
o
Or else.

Hamilton has an efficient fire de-
partment. If you don't believe it, ask
the insurance companies.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-11-27
LEPl SIRlcEK
bEL-AMI
Francoski spisal - GUY DE MAUPASSANT
Prevel - oToN zUPANcIc


delo svezega zraka, kakor je
dejal.
Hise ulice de Rome ma ma
sprotni strani, onkraj sirokega
zeleznicnega jarka, blestece Sc
v svetlobi vzhajaj ajocega somca,
so bile videti kakor poslikane
z belo Jasmine. Ma desni, v da-
ljavi, so Sc kazali argenteuilski
gricki, sannoiske visine in or
montski mimi v -sinjkasti, lah-
nj megli, kakor da je prevesen
preko obzorja plavajoc, prozo-
rem pajcolan.
Duroy je gledal nekaj minut
daljno pokrajino in je mrmral:
"Prokleto bi bilo prijazno tam
spodaj, tax dan, kakorsen je
danes.' Potem je pomislil, da
mora delati, in sicer takoj, pa
tudi, da mora poslati sina svo-
je hisnice v urad javit, da je
bolan, "a kar mu treba dati
sest sujev.
Sedel je "a mizo, pomoeil Pc
70 v crnilnik, Sc prijel z roko
"a cello in je iskal idej. Bio je
zaman. Me mu nj prislo ma um:
Vendar mu nj upadel pogum.
Mislil 81 je: II, vajen nisem.
To je posel, XII Sc ga moras
nauciti, kakor vsakega druge-
ga posla. Prve kraft mi je tre.
ba pomagati. K Forestierju poi
dem, ia mi postavi moi clanek
" desetih minutah ma noge."
Pa Sc je oblekel.
Ko je bill ma cesti, sc mu je
zdelo, da bo vendar Sc prezgo-
daj, da bi Sc oglasil pri prija-
telju, XII pac gotovo dolgo spi.
zato Sc je prav pocasi izpreha-
jail pod drevjem vnanjega bull
varja.
Nj bilo Sc devet ura, 'ko je do
spell do parka Monceau, XII je
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-11-27
noker cd skrop

bill yes svez, moker cd skrop-
ljenja.
Sedel je ma klop in je zacel
zopet sanjariti. Mad moski je
.hodil pred MIN sem in tia,
.brez dvoma je pricakoval zen
ske.
Prisla je, pajcolanom pre-
ko obraza, z naglimi koraki
nakratko sta 81 stjsnila roke,
segla mu je pod pazduho, in
oddaljila sta se..
Burma potreba po ljubezni .je
segla Duroyu v srce, potreba
po zlahtni, parfumirani, nezni
ljubezni. Vstal je, ubral svojo
pot in je mislil ma Forestieria.
Temu je slo pa po sreci, temu!
Prisel je pred njegova vrata,
ravno ko je prijatelj odhajal.
''Ti 81! Oh tel uri! Kaj bi pa
rad?..
.Duroy,. zmeden, ker ga je
srecal ravno, ko Sc je odpravil
cd donna, je jecljal:
ITO je, namrec -. to je,
namrec =. moi clanek mi kar
ne gre cd rok, sal YES, clanek 0
Algiriji, XII ga je zahteval go
spod Walter cd meme. To nj pae
mic cudnega, ko vendar nisem
Sc svoj xiv dan nicesar nap;.
sal. Vaje treba "a to, kakor "a
vsako rec. Pero mi re nitro
stece, o tenn Sc m preprican,
ampak, "a zacetek, ne vem, ka-
ko bi Sc stvari lotil. Misli imam
vse jih imam, a nikakor Sc mi
ne posreci, da bi jih izrazil."
Ustavil Sc je in Sc malo obo-
tavljal. Forest ier Sc je zlobno
nasmehnil:
''Poznam to-
Duroy je powell: "Da, take
Sc godi odkraja pac vsakemu.
No, da, in prisel sem pri-
Sci sem te prosit, da bi mi Sc
gel pod pazduho I'll mi po-
stavis stvar ma noge desetih
minutah, tt, ii mi pokazes, ka-
ko Sc je treba stvar poprijeti
Dal bi mi kak dober migljaj
glede sloga, brez tebe Sc ne il.
vijen."
Oni Sc je Sc vedno veselc
smehljal,. Potapljal je svojega
starega tovarisa po roki in mt
je rekel:
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-11-27

ar K moi zeni pojdi, ona
ii uravna to stvar tako, kakor
bi 10 JAZZ. Sem jo navadil tega
della. Jazz sam danes dopoldan
ne utegnem, sicer bi ii pray rad
ustregel."
Duroy, nenadoma v zadregi,
je okleval, Sc nj -llpal;
''Ampak, oh tel uri vendar ne
morem k NIL"
'KAko, da ne? Seveda! VISTA
la je be. Najdes 10 v moji pi-
salni sobi, ravnokar ureja me-
kaj motto zame." E.
Duroy Sc je branil, da ne
gre. -
"Ne go. to je nemogoce.'
Forester ga je prijel "a ra-
me, ga je zasuknil ma petah in
ga je porinil proti stopnicam
"Tak pojdi no, neroda, &c tt
pravim, da pojdi. Saj vendar ne
bos 20 vsej sill hotel, da bi pie
zal tri nadstropja nazaj. samo,
da bi te predstavil in j razlozi]
tvojo zadevo." Z
Dale prinCdnjic>
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-11-27
(Nadaljevanje)

In prisel je tia, ko mu je po-
tekla doba, vkljub prosnjam
oceta in matere, XII sta ga hotela
imeti sedaj, ko so jima splavale
made pc vodi, pri sebi. On sam
pa je upal v svojo bodocnost;
nadejal Sc je image, zakaj videl
jew svojem duhu, ceprav Sc ne
jasno, dogodke, XII jih DO prav
gotovo povzrocil in izkoristil.
Pri vojakih je incl sreco
svojo uniformo, nekaj povrsnih
ljubezenskih zvez in cello spletk
v. visjem svetu; zapeljal je
namrec nekemu davkarju hcer,
XII je hotela vse ostaviti ter obi
tt MIN, in nekemu pravnemu
zastopniku zeno, XII Sc je bila
poizkusila vtopiti IL obupa, ker
jo je zapustil.
Njegovi tovarisi so govorili o
MEM: ''To je pretkan zvitore-
pee, to je lisjak, XII Sc DO ze IL
muznil. I'm on sam je resnicno
sklenil, da bo pretkan zvitore-
pee in lisjak.
Njegova prvotna normanska
vest Sc mu je obrusila OBJ vsak-
danjih navadah karnizijskega
zivljenja, okosmatela mu je
vzprico vednih vzgledov ropar-
skin pohodov .po Afriki, nedo-
voljenih dobickarskih poslov,
sumljivih sleparstev; poleg te-
ga so jo podzigali pojmi sta
l1ovski casti, kakorsni vladajo v
armadi, vojaska sirokoustnost,
patrijoticna custva, junaske
prigode, krozece med podcastni-
XII, in slava vojnega rokodel-
stva-tako da je postala scaso-:
ma ia njegova vest skrinja S
trojnim dnom, kjer je bile maj
ii najrazlicnejse sare.
A hrepenenje, da bi zlezel ma
visoko, je neomejeno kraljevale
mad vsem. =
Sam nj zapazil, da sc je zasa-
njaril, kakor vsak vecer. Zami-
sill 81 je prekrasno ljubezensko
avanturo, XII ga ma NAH dovede
do vresnicenja njegovih mad.
zenil Sc je hcerjo bankirja ali
sploh velikega mogotca, XII jo je
srecal ma cesti in jo pridobil
prvim pogledom.
Rezek pisk locomotive, XII je
prisla sama IL predora, kakor
velik kunec il svoje.luknje, te-
kla ma vso paro po tiru narav-
most proti strojhici, kjer DO po-
civala, ga je prebudil iz njego-
win sanj.
Tedaj ga je navdalo zopet
ono neopredeljeno in veselo
upanje, XII mu je prihajalo We
dino v srce, in vrgel je kar ma
slepo poljub noe, poljub lju-
bezni podobi pricakovane zen
ske, poljub hrepenenja vroce
zazeljeni sreci. Potlej je zaprl
okno in Sc je zaeel slaciti, mr.
mraje:
"A jutri zjutraj bonn bol)
rripraven "a delo. Nocoj mi
duh nina pravega zaleta. In
pote1n sem nemaro tudi nalo
proved pill. " TAKEN polozaju
nj, da bi clovek uspesno delal.'
Legel je ma posteljo, upihnil
luc in je skoraj takoj zaspal.
Zbudil Sc je zgodaj, kakor Sc
zbudimo sploh vselej, kadar mas
navdaja zivahno upanje ali pa
skrb, skocil je $ postelje in cd
p1l okno, da bi zavzil lepo sko-
+ + = q 4
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-11-27

the sns6f n6tionaI effort 10 win qiiisk vic-
tory in IN Pscifc. The cost q victory
comes hi(h. II costs billions Of dollsrs
mon1h t6 aadDt Ispan! But We know ysaql
do ySsf MI ssare, q you have n N ~
other vSf In drives. Your full share ID u
least one extra 800 War Bond. Buy more
if yon ro.e;lll55ly ean. War Bonds IRE ysiunr
best insutshes of ! safe, Independent fixture.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-11-27
Julio Adanlic

ROJENO BoLDAN
XII staost 81 let zdna svoo blago duso dne 27 o 1914
Pokonca je ba rojena apriu 1887 leta Sea
faa Hne pri zuzemberku Po opraveni svet mas cerkv
Vida jo poloz prezgodnjemu veenemu poctu dne
81 oktobra 1914 Calvary pokopaisse
Posebno zelimo, ,prsrsno zahvaiti vse XII bill
toazbo ali drugi naein kaj dobrega stoi teh
najbo zalostnh dnevh rena hvaa prvo sedeem
Mrs. Jennie Luza Mrs. Mary Otoniear Mrs. Ida Lapp Mrs Jo
hanna Prijatelj in Mrs. Frances Modic.
Prisrena hvaa vsem zadnj pozdrav polojni okra
sill krsto S stevinimi krasnimi venci
Hvala lepa tudi XII darova mase kot tud
XII dali svoje automobile brezplacno poslugo pr
grebu Najepsa hvala vsem p pokojnico poropit ko
je lezala mrvaskemu odu XII 6ul in raoi OBJ k
sti kot tudi XII udelezli pogreba.
Najlepso zahvalo izrelamo Msgr. B. j. Ponkvaru,
Francis Barag in Rev. Andrew Andeyu opravjene cerkve
NJ obrede
Is<rena hvala Msgr. B. J. Ponkvarju spremsvo
kew in il cerkve pokopals6e.
Hvala dr.. Sv Ceclije SDZ podr SzZ,
Carnola Hive St. 493 T. M d,uvu Srca Marie in Ota
druvu fare Vida motive udelezbo pr ma
in pr pogrebu.
Lepa hvaa tud Glancam drrev, XII krso bage
pokojnice vesnemu pocitku -
Home prazno posrezbo in epo urejen pogreb.
Prejubljena in nikdar p abljena soproga in matt
zaostna er T1be med nami bridk
zaost zdhujenao ko sozah za*open isceo o
Tvoe bago obee Globoko potti Ii zemo da pocvas mir
prezgodnjem grobu hadni ameriski zemlj Tvo blag
spomin bono ohran nasih rch do dneva ko tud
slovmo Cd tega skpaj sndemo kaljestvu
beskem kjer vada vecni mir in pokoj
g.. ~ Zalujoei ostai:
JOHN ADAMIC, soprog;
CPL JOHN, u S. armad Franciji in FRANK, snova;
JULIA JARMUSH, JEANNE OBLAK, AGNES HOGAN,
HELEN in MARY, hsere; .-
MARTIN BOLDAN in JOSEPH BOLDAN, brata;
FRANCES MODIC in JOHANNA PRIJATELJ sestri;
MILDRED ADANdIC, sinaha; -
THOMAS JARMUSH LOUIS OBLAK in KENNETH HOGAN,
7eje; -s.E
snov IN vnuknj ter start doovni zapusca
Ceciljo Nose .~.-%..s
Cleveland, Chic dne 27 novembra 1914
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-11-27

DRMEMsER CoRRReDoaP Remember the
N pictures Of trimming Jspansse soldiers
guarding American prisoners? Wefe out
to wipe the srins ~ their faces. WISE out
. libersfs Msusands Of American soldiers
md eiyiliAhs stiH 10 Jap prisons. That day
can como only with final victory. a a
Ws're put . finish he jJb ths Hips
. statted. The 6th War Loan .lrixe i part ii
Evening star., 1944-04-11
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aNe
Evening star., 1944-07-23

better American weapons, even If they
were made by the master race.
I visited the hospital clearing station
one sunny afternoon. There weren't
many sunny afternoons in France. 1t
was set up in a French chateau, with a
tremendous Red Cross nag, perhaps IS
feet square, in the middle of the court
yard. Around it were litter wounded,
lying on the ground. Upstairs was the
operating room where medics worked
at white heat saving lives. I saw one
badly wounded man die despite plasma.
That night the German bombed the
hospital. don't know whether he could
see the Red Cross flag from 5000 feet,
but he dropped 1000 Founders. One hit
the operating room and sprayed frag-
mentation, brick and wood into the
courtyard, probably killing some of the
wounded. The other, q delayed-action
affair, completed the destruction. 1t
wasn't pretty 1t added some more to
the division cemetery across the road,
where the heroic dead were laid to rest
in their parachutes. There were too
many Of them.
Many Heroes.
There were Capt. Frank Lillyman and
his heroic hundred Pathfnders, drop
ping in France soon after midnight on
D-day, lighting the fields and drop zones
with flares for succeeding waves of para
chIltists who came q few moments later
Lillyman undoubtedly was the first Al
Evening star., 1944-07-23
BY w. H. Shippen.

The boys who button on the Army
Air Forces new survival vests" in an
emergency will have plenty OF experience
fighting on their side to bring them
back from Arctic, jungle, desert or ocean
wastes
Into items selected for the vests now
being purchased in quantity by the AAF
Materiel Command went the expert
ence of scientists and cast-aways. Boy
Scouts and sportsmen, three-star gen.
erals and CT Joes stuck in some far
away outpost with time on their
hands to study such matters.
Thousands of letters found their way
into the hands Of supply experts who
passed upon every suggestion from the
standpoint of weight and general util-
ity always bearing in mind that their
decisions might spell the difference be-
tween life and death to men in des-
perate situations.
The loaded vest as finally approved
and ordered for all flying personnel who
might have need Of them weighs only q
little over POUNDS. Here are the
items which survived q rigid screening
to cut weight to the minimum:
Cloth hat with adjustable band and
sun visor. The reversible head piece
is colored yellow on one side and olive
drab on the other. The color displayed
depends on whether the wearer wants
to be seen or remain hidden.
Folding green polaroid sun goggles,
signal mirror, sharpening stone, Boy
Scout knife and another large knife
with 5-inch machette-type blade and
5-inch saw capable Of cutting metal as
well Is weed.
Nsh-sewing kit in plastic container
including small flies, spoon lure.
weights Of line. nylon and steel leaders
Evening star., 1944-07-23

been a little excited at those deadly
fireworks. Some Of the parachute
sticks" of men were dropped consid-
cradle distances from their DIS. The
glider serials, which came in later,
didn't always cut loose over the proper
zone. The gliders had a pretty rough
time, by the way. Between the polling
of the fields, the narrowness of the
fields and the hedgerows, their landings
weren't pleasant. Gen. Don F. Pratt,
assistant division commander, was killed
near Hiesville when his glider caught
hedgerow and the corner of a jeep hood
crushed him to death. The glider in
cidentally, was piloted by 1t. Col. Mike
Murphy, one of the best men in any
glider outfit.
Dropped in Small Groups.
So the parachutists, some of them,
dropped in small groups. They merged
into larger groups throughout the day
light hours of D-day, and bitter. vio-
lent, bloody actions were fought in the
hedgerows and in farmhouse yards be-
tween them and the cut up German
groups The German also was pretty
we'll diSorganized. An Army had
dropped in his lap, in and around and
between his formations, and he didn t
have any front, as there wasn't any
real front for the 10lst until many days
after D-day. There was even no front
around the division command post on
D-day plus 2. Snipers were in the trees
Evening star., 1944-07-23
SIGNAL Corps Radiophoto

-okHhl SOipo HsAA~SAeS~
two days in an apple orchard and tnen
moved north again, to guard the nortn-
ern half Of the Cherbourg Peninsula.
Up there, standing on German con-
crete pillbox Gen. Taylor addressed the
men of the division. He was pretty
proud of them as they stood at parade
rest, these soldiers who had come
through hell to conquer and were there
before him. Their ranks were decimated,
but they stood proudly and boldly
1--WE came here with three detectives"
said this gallant soldier, who only few
hours before had been awarded the
American Distinguished Service Gross
and the British DISC.
I'VE were to secure the four causeways
leading from the beach inland, so the
infantry divisions which stormed the
beaches could go through to their OBJ
jectives without serious opposition.
1--WE were to blow the bridges across
the causeway leading into Carentan. and
secure the bridgehead south of the east
ern bridge.
I'VE were to protect the south flank
of the - Corps"
I'VE did all, and I mean you did all
of these things You cid then gallantly
and we'll You were and are soldiers.
You hit the ground running toward
the enemy You have proven the Ger
man soldier is no superman. You have
destroyed the myth of German invinci-
bility and the superman myth. You
can beat the German on any ground"
You could see those battle hardened
men, there in the field in front Of the
pillbox square their shoulders little
more. A few hours later 1t. Gen. Omar
Bradley, 1st United States Army COM
mander in France, was to tell them the
same thing. Standing on fag-draped
platform in the rain. ne pinned many
Dies on the blouses of men of the 101st.
He asked the men of the division to
crowd around him. They did. They
almost showed their MI rifles in the
nose of this great soldier from WASH
ington.
Any one of you can lick three Ger
mans" said Gen. Bradley.
4Ou dIC "IOIiS, scllcld di, plptQ up
private. Any one of us can lick five
Germans"
How can you beat an outfit like that?
It's for Bill Lee
The story of the l01st Division couldn t
be complete without telling sof Bill Lee.
He is a major general, United States
Army. For two years and more Bill Lee
commanded the 10lst, preparing it for
its crucial test, whippingCthe men into
shape, hardening them, and convincing
them there are worse things than 30
mile hike over dusty roads with full
packs. Such things as Germans, for in
stance. They grew to love Bill Lee, and
when, last spring, Bill was taken seri-
ously i'll and was sent back to the States
many a case-hardened soldier wept.
Bill knew all the angles on the Nor
mandy campaign, had been working at
it for many months.
On D-day many of the men jumped
with the words Bill Lee" on their lips
instead of the traditional Geronimo u
Evening star., 1944-07-23
Flyers New Survival
Vest Has Everything

3 sinkers, fishhooks of assorted sizes
and fishing instruction book on water
proof paper; a dozen safety pins,
needles, straight pins, types of
thread.
A collapsible spit and gaff which can
be used to spear fish, roast meat over a
flre, or as weapon.
Three-pint plastic water canteen,
waterproof match box with compass, 20
matches, IA flre-starting tabs which will
burn five minutes each, burning glass,
signal whistle, oil container water
proof cover for pistol (the pistol would
be additional weight, 20 shot cartridges
for AS caliber pistol, 2 five-minute signal
flares, mosquito head net, collapsible
container for boiling water, woolen in
sert gloves with outer leather cover.
The flrst-aid kit contains 10 yards of
bandages with sulfanilimide powder. Boz
ric acid ointment. compress bandase.
soap, adhesive bandages, morphine So
luton, halazone tablets, salt tables, ata-
brine tablets, sulfadiazine tables, BEN
zedrine sulfate tablets, iodine and first-
AID instruction sheet.
Two tin ration containers each packed
with 2 bouillon cubes, 4 pieces of chewing
gum, 2 tablets, 3 cigarettes, 10 halazone
tables for sterilizing water, 2 packages
Of coffee. package hard candy, one
ounce sweet chocolate bars, dehydrated
cheese and cracker bar and q can
opener.
Additional equipment to be carried on
some flights include a quilt-like. water
proofed poncho which is also tent, q
life raft, bed, fox-hole lining or .
signal panel.
When newsmen visiting Wright Field
recently we're shown the life-saving
emergency equipment. ans c: tne7n -.
marked:
"I'd like to borrow one Of those vests
the next time my wife gets mad ct mel.
Evening star., 1944-07-23

lenge from the darkness. The ma jor
knew behind the voice was a machine
gun and he'd better talk quick. I've
come from visiting my sick cousin" he
yelled in French. All the while he was
pulling the pin from a hand grenade,
which he tossed at the German patrol,
and dropped fiat with his men. The
German patrol was wiped out. Later
he was severely wounded.
Internal Hedgerows.
Ask a man of the 10lst what his main
recollection is of the Normandy cam
paign. He will say somethink like this:
Those internal hedgerows, the 88s and
the Schmeissers." That part Of France
is cut up with hedgerows six feet or less
high separating small fields. The Ger
mans had made the French pole the
fields, but still they were large enough
for glider landings. They had strung
barbed wire between the poles. 1t was
fine country for a defensive action,
tough for offense. 1t was bad country
for tanks, which were limited by the
hedgerows and terrain to action along
the roads. So the Normandy fight, in
50 far as the 1olst was concerned, be-
came an affair of comparatively small
units, Of men on the prowl with machine
guns and rifles at the ready, stalking
the German in his foxholes along the
hedgerows, behind walls and in French
farmhouses, anywhere the German could
set up his cleverly camouflaged ma
chine gun post.
He was tough fighter, the German,
even though a considerable percentage
of the static troops in the early stages
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of the fight were Poles and White Rus
slams. impressed into the German Army
by threat of reprisal on the people back
home, bad food or no food, and other
reasons. He fought fairly clean, al
though there were substantiated Incl
dents of isolated atrocities such as the
incident of the parachutist with his
hands tied behind him and his throat
slashed.
Hazardous Operations.
Any airborne operation is hazardous.
The casualties. in the form of broken
or sprained legs and bodies. on the para
chute drop, are bad enough. But when
the enemy is potting you from foxholes
and hedgerows while you're trying to
extricate yourself from your parachute
shrouds 1t is apt to be messy. Some
boys were drowned in the Douve
marshes when the Germans flooded the
area. Others dropped in trees and were
machine -gunned. The Germans took
prisoners, and the 10lst took prisoners.
They came away with arms full Of
captured German weapons. Half the
division men now are two-gun men.
The odd weapon is German, either a
Luger, Walther or Mauser. slung on the
hip opposite the Army AS or carbine.
Many of the men of the 101st have the
German parachute knife, taken from
the young Nazi fanatics who died on
June 13 in that abortive counterattack
west of Carentan. German rifles. anti
tank pistols, gas masks, pictures and all
the debris of war, has been left to gather
rust on the battlehelds of the 1o1st.
Rifles were Of no use to men who had