May 20, 1965 (20 pages)

3 88 3 a loon . (e) O o ao) os > o . May 20, 1965. NUGGET FEATURES BOe 6409665 Oe & DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE 096 8S 09 O8G0@ ChobCfeine FOOLS GOLD 20 Years Ago-The There are times as’I watch the terrible parade of history pass bythat I want to scream Stop the World I Wanna Get Off. For where are we 20 years later1945 vs1965. Are we, the great powers of the world moving closer and closer to the military confrontation which nobody wants and which nobody knows how to avoid? Twenty years agowe were confined to our tents ona windy dusty plateau in Southern Italy. President Harry S. Truman, but 26 daysin office was, on the armed forces radio proclaiming the end of the warin Europe. In the three weeks previous, history had been piling up so fast that it was most difficult to keep it in proper perspective. Franklin Roosevelt had died in Warm Springs, Georgia. Hitler had swallowed poison. Benito Mussolini had been cornored like a rat and shot dead by the common people of Italy. The battle for Italy had been the longest, most bitter campaign of World War II. When the men of the Fifth Army veterans of Tunisia and Sicily were slugging up the bloody beachhead of Salerno most of the American soldiers that were to win the war on the Western Front -the South Pacific and Japan were training or still civilians. In its early stages, the Battle for Italy held the world's spotlight. Athomenearly everybody knew about Hangman's Hill or the Rapido River or the tragic history of the Anzio Beachhead. Then after the fall of Rome, the Italian Front became the “forgotten front”, But forgotten or remembered, it was the same grim war of mud, mules and mountains to the foot Mussolini, the Facist tyrant that betrayed his Italian people, lies dead with his mistress Claretta Petacci. After they had been killed by Partisans their bodies were hung by their feet and were kicked, shot and abused. Mine was the happy war job of being in the Morale Section of the 15th Air Force in Italy.and looking out for the pretty dames in the USO shows. Always after their show for the officers and enlisted men's private clubhouse and put a show on for them. «4 End Of The War-Or Was It? soldier and the war; of flak and sudden death to the airmen. When itwas over it left harsh memories, many deadanda hope that it wouldnever happen again. As this is written on May 18, 1965 20 years latermy thoughts go back tothe audience I had with Pope Pius a few days after Rome fell and of the words he spoke to us on that memorable occasion. Two of mys friends had gone AWOL with me to Rome Charles Dynes,. now with Telstar communication satellite and Allen Stewart, now with the St. Louis Dispatch, From Southern Italy we found the road tothe Eternal City a road of abandoned tanks and hastily dug foxholes, We hitched a ride on a British lorry and travelled through the battle scarred terrain where only yesterday as fleeting time is recorded, were fought the battles of liberation. We passed through blood-soaked Cassino and saw not a single living creature among its flattened ruins. Not as much asa dog scampered in its blasted doorways. At high noon Pope Pius received us. He proceeded up the long aisle in St. Peters on a chair of state carried on the shoulders of orange and blue satin clothed Swiss Guards, After giving us his blessing, he spoke to the assemblage in English andFrench,. Hesaidhesaw many uniforms but only one people. He asked that we erase the revenge from hearts and find a place for THE brotherly love for an enduring peace that must follow. An enduring peace? On this May Day 1965 a Viet Cong soldier strangles to death another Ameri-~ can soldier. In Santo Domingo a rebel bullet kills another US Marine. Must there be Armageddon? cS 7 RS sneaks through the jungle and : : a WWII trademark. letterhead, it was censored, photographed, the film flown to the V mail became Handwritten on a special US, reproduced and delivered as shown here. It was a rapid efficient means of communication, MAIL CALL is and was the most important daily moment in a soldiers life overseas. AIRIPES Vol. 1, No. 229, Friday, April 13, 1945 Two LiRe MEDITERRANEZ Printed In Italy ROOSEVELT DIES Voi. 2, No. 147, Monday, April 30, 1945 ITALY EDITION * *. FWO LIRE MUSSOLINI EXECUTED 5th Enters Milan; 7th In Munich Wel. 2, No. 149, Wednesday, May 2, 1945 ITALY EDITION. * * TWO LIRS HITLER DEAD, NAZI —VTe ki a Se ae ADMIRAL REVEALS

3 88 3 a loon . (e) O o ao) os > o . May 20, 1965. NUGGET FEATURES BOe 6409665 Oe & DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE 096 8S 09 O8G0@ ChobCfeine FOOLS GOLD 20 Years Ago-The There are times as’I watch the terrible parade of history pass bythat I want to scream Stop the World I Wanna Get Off. For where are we 20 years later1945 vs1965. Are we, the great powers of the world moving closer and closer to the military confrontation which nobody wants and which nobody knows how to avoid? Twenty years agowe were confined to our tents ona windy dusty plateau in Southern Italy. President Harry S. Truman, but 26 daysin office was, on the armed forces radio proclaiming the end of the warin Europe. In the three weeks previous, history had been piling up so fast that it was most difficult to keep it in proper perspective. Franklin Roosevelt had died in Warm Springs, Georgia. Hitler had swallowed poison. Benito Mussolini had been cornored like a rat and shot dead by the common people of Italy. The battle for Italy had been the longest, most bitter campaign of World War II. When the men of the Fifth Army veterans of Tunisia and Sicily were slugging up the bloody beachhead of Salerno most of the American soldiers that were to win the war on the Western Front -the South Pacific and Japan were training or still civilians. In its early stages, the Battle for Italy held the world's spotlight. Athomenearly everybody knew about Hangman's Hill or the Rapido River or the tragic history of the Anzio Beachhead. Then after the fall of Rome, the Italian Front became the “forgotten front”, But forgotten or remembered, it was the same grim war of mud, mules and mountains to the foot Mussolini, the Facist tyrant that betrayed his Italian people, lies dead with his mistress Claretta Petacci. After they had been killed by Partisans their bodies were hung by their feet and were kicked, shot and abused. Mine was the happy war job of being in the Morale Section of the 15th Air Force in Italy..and looking out for the pretty dames in the USO shows. Always after their show for the officers and enlisted men's private clubhouse and put a show on for them. «4 End Of The War-Or Was It? soldier and the war; of flak and sudden death to the airmen. When itwas over it left harsh memories, many deadanda hope that it wouldnever happen again.

As this is written on May 18, 1965 20 years latermy thoughts go back tothe audience I had with Pope Pius a few days after Rome fell and of the words he spoke to us on that memorable occasion. Two of mys friends had gone AWOL with me to Rome Charles Dynes,. now with Telstar communication satellite and Allen Stewart, now with the St. Louis Dispatch, From Southern Italy we found the road tothe Eternal City a road of abandoned tanks and hastily dug foxholes, We hitched a ride on a British lorry and travelled through the battle scarred terrain where only yesterday as fleeting time is recorded, were fought the battles of liberation. We passed through blood-soaked Cassino and saw not a single living creature among its flattened ruins. Not as much asa dog scampered in its blasted doorways. At high noon Pope Pius received us. He proceeded up the long aisle in St. Peters on a chair of state carried on the shoulders of orange and blue satin clothed Swiss Guards, After giving us his blessing, he spoke to the assemblage in English andFrench,. Hesaidhesaw many uniforms but only one people. He asked that we erase the revenge from hearts and find a place for THE brotherly love for an enduring peace that must follow. An enduring peace? On this May Day 1965 a Viet Cong soldier strangles to death another Ameri-~ can soldier. In Santo Domingo a rebel bullet kills another US Marine. Must there be Armageddon? cS 7 RS sneaks through the jungle and : : a WWII trademark. letterhead, it was censored, photographed, the film flown to the V mail became Handwritten on a special US, reproduced and delivered as shown here. It was a rapid efficient means of communication, MAIL CALL is and was the most important daily moment in a soldiers life overseas. AIRIPES Vol. 1, No. 229, Friday, April 13, 1945 Two LiRe MEDITERRANEZ Printed In Italy ROOSEVELT DIES Voi. 2, No. 147, Monday, April 30, 1945 ITALY EDITION * *. FWO LIRE MUSSOLINI EXECUTED 5th Enters Milan; 7th In Munich Wel. 2, No. 149, Wednesday, May 2, 1945 ITALY EDITION. * * TWO LIRS HITLER DEAD, NAZI —VTe ki a Se ae ADMIRAL REVEALS