The Durant news., 1945-02-15
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Don't Get Chummy
With Jerry


We are fighting in Aachen IN Ger
many. The war which the Germans be
gan has finally completed q cycle ant
u back where it started. Let's look a
the war for a moment-and let's lool
at Aachen.
This is a total war-a war OF entire
peoples. The men, women and children
0f Germany against the men, womer
and children of the United Nations
VINO made it total war? The Germans
Every resource in Germany in part OF
the Nazi war machine. Every man, wo-
man and child. Every German factory
and every German farm. That's total
war-Nazi style.
The Germans practiced total war an
other way too. They made war on the
men, women and children of the nations
they attacked. Remember Rotterdam
Without warning the city was bombed.
Thousands Of women and kids were kill
ed. Remember the refugees on the roads
of Holland, Belgium and France in
1910? They we're driven there by The
German Army To ball up Allied supplies.
To slow down French and British
troops. Refugees we're part Of the mas
Ter plan. They were machine-gunned
hell tc breakfast.
That's total war q la Deutsch.
Well, the war is now in Germany.
Aachen is the first big German city
we've hit. Militarily the battle Of
Aachen is in the infantry's hands. You
should see that infantry-dirty, wet,
bloody, tired, miserable-but fighting
and killing Germans every inch of the
way. Yard by yard, street by street,
Aachen is falling into the bag.
But at Aachen we may lose this war.
Because here's whats going on around
Aachen:
1. German civilians are giving the
Yanks the V-sign, the glad hand, free
beer, big smiles. plenty of talk about
not being Nazis at heart, and Murray
for Democracy.
2. Some GPs and plenty Of officers
ere returning the smiles, flirting with
Ahe frauleins, drinking the beer and
starting to think what nice folks the
Germans really are.
3. German civilians are being re-
showed from Aachen and driven two
miles in u. S. Army trucks to Lutzow
Barracks in Brand, a suburb Of Aachen.
To move them out of the city is
matter Of strict military necessity. But
these Nazis are being quartered in the
best buildings outside Aachen. They are
being brought there in Army vehicles.
There are canvas covers over them to
keep off the rain.
They have already received 20 tons
of Army food. Army authorities found
two large cooking watts and brought
them to the Nazis in u. S. Army trucks.
These Germans are eating hot chow,
soup, meat, vegetables, coffee. cake.
They are being cared for by American
and British authorities, as solicitous
about these poor German civilians as a
mother hen over her chicks.
General Ike spoke his piece on non
fraternization in no uncertain terms. lie
did so with full knowledge of the conse-
auences of pampering the Germans, who
regard kindness as weakness and who
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kindly sentiemntal American sap.
G. /. Joe will obey the order not to
fraternize with the Germans. 1t will be
n tough order to obey. By nature he's
friendly He's also lonely. He's also
thirsty and curious. When his arm isn't
hugging an MI, it aches to hug a girl
When he's not bent on killing, he's in
tent on kissing. But, to repeat, Gl Joe
will obey it, just the same as he's obey
ed every other order he's been given so
far.
But the order will be tougher to obey
because of what is going on around
Aachen.
If an open field in the rain is OK
for CT Joe, how about open fields for
able bodied Nazis?
If cold chow is good enough for I'll
Joe. how about X ratons for Hans and
Fritz?
If there are trucks enough to bring
up 20 tons of food for the Germans
why are combat troops getting along on
a half pack of cigarettes day-when
they get them!
If replaeements can ride from the
beach to the front in uncovered trucks
how about little fresh air for the
Nazis?
II slit trench in the mud with -four
inches of water for a mattress gives q
Joe his beauty rest, why the best build
ing in Aachen for the Nazis?
Yes. CT Joe will obey the non-frater
nization order. He knows Joe Goebbel'
has told the Germans our Army II
sloppy, undisciplined and over-friendly
He doesn't want to be a stooge fol
Nazi propaganda. So if the order i
don't cuddle up with the Germans, cud