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Man Spricht Deutsch lei On Parle Frangais Sie werden abgeholt. THE TRIPES J'en voudrais un de plus. Zee verden upgeholt. John voodRAl' zan dun plew. You will be fetched. Sally Newspaper of U.S. .Armed Forces y£SrZr in the European Theater of Operations I'd like one more. Yol. 1—No. 144 lFr. New York — PARIS — London lFr. Monday, Dec. 18, 1944 Mindoro Japs Drivenlnland Nazis Smash Back Across Border; 7 to 9 Miles LuftwaffeAidsDrive onHodgesLine ByU.S.Forces 97 Enemy Planes Re-Enter Belgium, NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (ANS) The Front as Counter-Attack Opened —American invasion troops, Shot Down Aiding Luxembourg at sweeping seven to nine miles inland on Mindoro Island in German Drive Three Points the northern Philippines, yes- terday captured the town of The Luftwaffe came out of German troops, supported San Jose and its airfield, hiding yesterday to hurl its by tanks and the Luftwaffe, Gen. MacArthur announced biggest tactical force since smashed at American First tonight. D-Day at U.S. forces on the Engineers already were construct- Western Front, the Ninth Air Army lines on a 70-mile front ing other uir bases on exre"ent Force announced last night, from Duren to Trier yester- sites near the beaches as infantry- men pushed inland . from three but by nightfall 97 of the day and drove back across areas on the southern part of the 450 Nazi planes encountered the German border into Bel- island. Japanese opposition was ne- during the day had been gium and Luxembourg at gligible to the seizure of San Jose, destroyed by Ninth fighter- three points along the in- located on the Bugsanga River at the rail junction running from the bombers. vasion route the Nazis took north along the China sea side of Thunderbolts, Lightnings and in 1940. the island. Mustangs of the Ninth flew more The most powerful counterblow than 1,110 sorties against the Luft- the Wehrmacht has struck since 24 Planes Shot Down waffe and against Nazi conter-at- /GERMANY; the battle for the Rhine began As transports. poured men and tacks on the First Army front, while BECGIUNO^iSS^ COUNTER-ATTA( K pt!** three months ago, carried fresh supplies ashore under enemy air continuing their blows behind the i^&^J@gB&* Nasi, push across \ { " German forces westward "one to two attacks, American airmen support- lines in the Third and Ninth Army : v border in strongest \ miles in a sector 30 miles south- ing the landings shot down 24 sectors. Their 97-plane bag set a A R DEN fSfiSbmmvF- Rhine counter-drive. I _ / west of Aashen. The sector had planes while naval units sank a record for air action on the front. £l been dormant for weeks. damaged Jap destroyer hidden in Thirty-one U.S. planes were re- Luftwaffe Conies Out a bay within 15 miles of the land- ported missing. Taking to the offensive simul- ing sites. Jumped by German Planes In Pearl Harbor, Admiral of the taneously with ground troops, the Fleet Nimitz announced that Amer- Stars and Stripes Correspondent strongest formations of Luftwaffe ican carrier forces destroyed or Jules Grad reported that the seen since D-Day attacked both damaged 373 Japanese planes in gigantic air battle, reminiscent of First and Ninth Army lines. three days and nights over Luzon the dog fights over Britain during The great show of enemy aircraft in support of the invasion. the '41 blitz, started yesterday INTO THE SAAR made it seem apparent that night- On Leyte Island, the 77th Div. morning, when between 200 and U. S. 3d DRILLS INTO THE and-day air activity was part of pushed north from Ormoc, closing 250 German planes jumped Thun- WiSTWALL, STOR/WS SAAR. the German High Command's plan in from the rear against Jap lines derbolt formations above the Bonn BKUCKEN DEFENSES to create diversion in order that to seize the village of Cogon and area, just east of the Rhine and a counter-attack south of the Ninth its road junction in the moun- southwest of Cologne. In this Army's boundary should have a tains. MacArthur said more than fight alone, at least 21 FW190s minimum amount of interference 3.000 Japanese were killed during and ME109's were shot down. from the skies. the last two days' fighting in this Although this was the biggest Counter-attacks northeast of area. daylight battle over the Ninth Aachen were smeared. The 83rd Army area, Grad reported that the Div. smashed a German attack once-wary Luftwaffe made its big- (Continued on Page 2) gest bombing effort of the cam- GIs Get Leave paign Saurday night. From dusk until dawn, the Luftwaffe sent up more bombers then at any Faenza Falls I For War Work time since the Allied offensive started rolling toward the Rhine. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (ANS). At least 300 German planes were To 8thTroops j *—The War Department under- plotted. ALLIED HQ., Italy, Dec. 17.— { scored official alarm at lagging Dogfights raged in the air all production schedules yesterday by along the Western Front, and one New Zealand troops of the Eighth j furloughing 4,700 soldiers to work Army seized Faenza today after In labor-short plants producing (Continued on Page 2) nearly a week of bitter fighting top-priority military goods. for the important stronghold on They will be sent to war plants the Bologna-Rimini highway, to- I before Christmas, if possible, to Gramp, Gramp, the Boys Are Marching day's communique announced. help in the production of heavy Following Tip this advance, the artillery and mortar ammunition, New Zealanders joined with Indian j tires and cotton duck. As soon as By Ed Wilcox ition which looked more like some- except that they wore no insignia units to drive further northward to civilian workers are available they Stars and Stripes Staff Writer thing from an Olson and Johnson except the armband, which reads, the edge of the River Senio. At frill be returned to duty. WITH THE FIFTH INF. DIV., Show than a last-ditch battle. Ten "Deutscher Volks Wehrmacht"— the same time, Canadian troops of The soldiers to be selected will GERMANY, Dec. 17.—With a rat- of the Volkssturmers bit the dust, German Peoples Army. the Eighth expanded their bridge- be experienced in the type of work tle of bones, a creaking of joints, one shot himself in the leg, and Pfc Anthony Allabello, of Brook- head over the Naviglio Canal to involved. Those alerted for over- and a hell of a vibration at the nine others threw down their an- lyn, N. Y., said: three miles in width, despite strong seas duty, assigned to the infantry, knees, the Volkssturm, Himmler's tique French carbines and" yelled "That was the damnedest thing opposition from German armor. bi* Iri air crew training programs "kamarad." On Fifth Army sectors, only patrol Will not be considered. They will One of the wrinkled oldsters, activity was announced. he sent to 180 selected high-prior- Questioned about the formation of ity plants where manpower short- the unit, training and size, said that Pilot Saves Bombardier; ages have curtailed production. there were 500 men in the Metz Three thousand will go to am- unit but when the call to arms Gets Congress Medal munition factories, 1,200 to tire came, 476 were AWOL. plants and the remainder to cot- "I am 66 years old," the shriv- LONDON, Dec. 17 (ANS).—Lt. ton mills. eled gent said, wiping his nose on Edward S. Michaels, of Douglas, his sleeve. "I am a clerk and I Ariz., Flying Fortress pilot of the Women in Occupation Army reluctant 4Fs, were ordered into didn't want to fight and I don't I ever saw. - One of them popped 305th Bombardment Group, has LONDON, Dec. 17 (Reuter).—The the line at Metz to do or die for know how to fight. We had only up to one side of me, pointed his been, awarded the Congressional Earl of Selborne, minister of eco- Deutschland against the attack- six hours of training before we rifle in my face, clicked the trig- Medal of Honor. Michaels won nomic warfare, told the House of ing 5th Dlv. were ordered to go into the line." ger and nothing happened. He the award for heroism during a Lords here that some of the women In what was probably the most Several of the other men said dropped the gun and ran like hell mission over a German industrial in the British forces would be "re- unorthodoK engagement in military they had never fired a gun before. When I picked up the gun to look center,, when he saved life of his quired to take part in the armies annals, two dozen septuagenarian The uniform they wore was the at it I found that it wasn't loaded. bombardier and flew his flak-torn of occupation" after the war. selectees put on a 15-minute exhib- same as that of the Wehrmacht Strictly from Laurel and Hardy." bomber safely back to its UK base. Page 2 THE STARS AND STRIPES Monday, Dec. 18, 1944 KliineRefugees Silver Threads Way Nazis Recross FleeAdvancing Back to Join Gold Border in Blow AN AIR SERVICE COM- MAND STATION, PRANCE, Allied Armies Dec. 17 —Heigh! Ho! Silver Tens On First Front of it—in the form of British ZURICH, Switzerland, Dec. 17 coins—have just been flown (Continued from Page 1) (fceuter).—Almost the entire po- from France to the Bank of west of Duren. Other First Army pulation of the Rhineland is flee- England.

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