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fHE STARS AND STRIPESPES7 fin Sieily. jy and for ted at tlie where the ne numberYank 4bout Italyov. 5, 1943bert White ert N^rille Ihristenson Burchard id Goldinf *y Meltzofc Lgang, 8ft.the Starkthe mainidItsites, Great capitals as rar. It was Axis hopesas saying; ding. This ments lour twar worldis Commit-They will ted States, nd our as-have been peace with ed in these the day ofbeen right ” The Bn-lllied Euro-larters) the commission, permanent jondon the lent RoOse-, Axis war lc deterrentPOMPET, Italy—Just looking over these ruins makes you wish you had lived a couple of thousand years ago. The old Pompeians really knew how to enjoy life. They concentrated upon drinking, the fair sex, gtadntorial combat, the theater and prodigious eating. May be they worked on occasion. If they did, there is very little evidence of itSeen through GI eyes, the relics of Pom pel are a story of a happy, prosperous people who had the misfortune to run afoul of an obstreperous volcano. As you walk througti the old, excavated streets, you sort of keep a wary eye on Mt. Vesuvius in the distance — a still-smoking, ominous-looking peak that cnee belched forth death and destruction to 25,000 free men of Pompei and lord knows how many slavesIt was in 79 AJD. that Vesuvius cut loose with a vengeance. A few years earlier the volcano held 6ort of a preview with a half-hearted earthquake and a fair-sized burst of lava. This, however, was just a tuneup for the real payoff. Anyway, it gave some solid citizens an opportunity to grab the taxpayers’ money and announce a rebuilding program. The new jobs were just about half completed- when death rained down from the skies.What is left was dug out of ashes, pumice and all the rest that goes with a first-olass volcano. For a guide (100 lire) and reasonably strong legs, you, too, can probe into Italian life of 20 centuries ago and see how the other half livedPerhaps the Pompeian dining room will prove of chief interest to the aoMier who has hen diggingTo the Edito I’m of the interests ha Many of the were rabid s both an act: terest in the with everyon help win the given a vaca thereby relie women for tb soldiers or wlt; out any anira fessional pla ordinary com I’ve had qt one person n sports in th tell me what baU in 1918?represcnta-1 down the ational ma-n but goods convinced nit road to oviet Union ler way be-ic stabiliza-orous mood who might the ”neces-of nations.TSs Loveoom table, s a bride, through thee by side.was met miles in ther forget,? park bench ps she wasm were leap-caressed.lips toucheded his call; his efforts, i her all.y has ended ; ;t you in;GI soldier:f gin.ft FELDMANIroyersee him run band, r was around oand. xxi each day nore, six men,re.going home, he Army,ray he does, alami.-a, CURTIS]War.]The basebc suspended in minor league, uxis placed class under a A test case u ington club u of catcher Et peal was laid Baker who t the draft boc ruling the N International seasons on SFoaiTo the Editc The suggei geant who w that the Flt; graved in Ita tary currenc If you no paper betwelt; the America; that ours is and will be to come. In lt;ideal time tc in four simpl fight is all a in a languag will go a loni what they’ve two decades a good idea inscribed in —T-Sgt. Mtthrough C-ration cans for 3o, these many months. This gust atonal paradise would not meet regimental regulations. The Pompeian of means ate from a prone position atop a stone slab. Within reach of his hand was a table full of food At Ins side, as a rule, reclined a buxom wench.Well you can imagine how tilings went. Oil the food subject, however, there were set ruk** to follow. When he could lt;at no more, the Pompeian retired to tiic next chamber—- known as Uie ’’vomiting room’’—and dissolved Ins nvvti. Then lw returned to mjoy the pleasure of mono eating Here?, for instance, might be a tyi ical recording in a Pompeian’s diary: ”Up at nine. A hearty breakfast. Grandma looks poorly, so we slapped her in the bku*k room to die. Visited the training school for gladiators Giacomo Herculi still kxks poorly since tiavt lion took off a bicep.Decided on an afternoon of health. Started witti Uu Theimk Stadium wliere I tossed the 20-kikx gram stone ball with Thaddeseus. Swam. lt;uxt took tiie steam batli which lias a cent ml heating system Then went with the boy6 to the brothel next dixxr. A new gal from Gnrx e w;*s tojis Decided on anotiu batii, but was told It was ladies* as temoon. Went to tiie Stadium which was packed wall 25.000 spectator The Christians put up a good fight before the lions ate them. (Very tired tossed my cookies oax'e and ate only two darners before retiring.”And such was the life in o4d Pom pei. Sexily spanking, the mi mils and other arty items still to be observe' would lift the eyebrows of even a Greenwich Village intellectual There was one1 jarring note. In tins ancient city were greet, gaping holes caused by twenti etiwcii t u ry bcoubs In tfie arena, model for mod-em American football fields, and in tin* fo-runis and old templets the lightning of modem Ajax had again shattered a tmce-destroyed Pompei ’Sort of t unny to maid on already dead town,*’ said the guide ’It jusl means more time spent m excavation. JStill I guess another century or ad won’t make much different Oki Vesuvius puffed and mocked in the distance,To the Edit What do ” stand fo Kansas and it is Missoui Also, what followers? Ti bet on thisLThe tettei Kansas and lies constitu religious po\ there were 3 olics in the t reside in thlt;IItalian is masculine and plural ] and plural change, but jugation foi verbs such like partire-V oleic Hpajspaghetti ? Dov e il rial restaurant Daietni bi;steak Se non avet —If you d veal Agneliot - La Maiale— Poi Polio o tic key Gatnbero—1 Oh, benc, i Oh, well, II cibo e bi Cattivo—Ba IVggto, peg La bella pretty wait II brutto pi ugly ownlt; La bottigUa empty II buchiert , full
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Sicily Stars and Stripes
Palermo, Sicily, IT
Fri, Nov 05, 1943
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