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Irelandlously hamperedRivieraStars and Stripes Paris BureauThe first leave train between deep in the heart of Germany and luxurious Or. S. Riviera Recreational Area left yesterday, it was announced by Com Z Headquarters. After the first train completes its run, subsequent trains will run in each direction thrice weekly.Hie 40-hour run; the longest scheduled passenger rail trip in liberated Europe, will afford combat officers and enlisted men an opportunity to trade the muddy foxholes of Germany for the Palm-lined promenades and luxurious hotels of Nice and Cannes, which heretofore they’d only read about.The train starts near the northern end of the American front and stops to pick uf GIs at points en~ route to the Riviera.One hundred hotels at Nice, Can nes, Antibes and Monte Carlo have been rehabilitated for the soldiers by French civilians, and18.000 officers and enlisted men can now be accomodated. It is expected that eventually provisions will be made to handle as many as62.000 battle-weary men.The Army has announced that acceptance of a furlough at the Riviera does not affect the present rotation and leave arrangements by which com batmen arebeintr .sent to the StatesrI*IIb/IadisIift1fac
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Southern France Stars and Stripes
Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur, FR
Tue, Mar 27, 1945
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