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FOUR OP THE Lucky M MwCtfe ssnriot Oomn fnm tmir' tin Inaugurals* tht (ixIwlHHalry tin Rikli t# Ntoe. Uft, IM (kughf train. Right, tws of thoftr iitfkHisarrive at their hotel. The latter two wort identified as S-ggt Charles Wharton, CrlsflsM, Md, and Pfo. Edward Pel lee, Pittsburgh. —PRO PhotosUH ARMOREDCITED BY FDR% •First CIs From ReichInvade Riviera Urea6HAEF, March 29—The War Department, by direction of the PresL lent, has cited the entire 4th Arm-wed Div. for extraordinary tao-tcal accomplishment during the period from Dec. 21 to March 27 nclusive, it was said here today.This made the 4th Armored the lecond complete U. S, Army division in history to be so cited. The 101st Airborne was presented with a Presidential citation by Gen. Eisenhower on March 15, for extraordinary heroism and gallantry in defense of the key communications center .of Bastogne.Feared and hated hy the Ger mans, the 4th Armored smashed out of the hedgerows in Prance on July 17 and charged through raids to Perier to form the St Lo-Perler hinge and start the Allies on their race across France.Referred to by the Nazis as America’s elite 4th Panzer Dir.,1 the infantry and tank teams of the 4th spearheaded the 3rd Army's drive across France.(Continued with the 9th Army. Plenty of sleeping and eating, and roller skating too.”S-Sgt. Milo Sandvig, of Souix Pahs, 8, D„ a rifle squad leader with the S4Ut Div., stared over the railing into the sea. It's so blue.” he murmured, like something I never dreamed of.Lounging on wicker chairs along the promenade were T-Sgt Thomas E. Oonnohy, Jr.. of N. Y. C.„ Sgt. Manuel Alvarez, Bridgeport, Conn., and Pfc. Paul Williamson, St. Louis, all with the 109th Div.'You wanna see the way the German people look at us, said Con-Coiogne Jews Hold ServicePope l)nolly, a platoon sergeant. They hate our guts.Yeah. agreed Williamson, a rifleman, smiling back at a baby wheeling by in a carriage. The only things that make friends in Germany are the dogs.Alvarez, a forward observer with his company but an art student before, was more interested in learning that there was an opera in Nice.Peddling merrily down the boulevard came Sgt. Gerald Ferguson, Brookline, Mass., and SgL Eugene Rock, Worcester, Mass. Both 29th Division platoon sergeants had clean uniforms hanging on the handlebars. I’m gonna do a little bit of everything,” Ferguson said happily.By JOE WESTONStars and Stripes Special WriterCOLOGNE, March 26 (Delayed) —About 109 of the nearly 299 Jews who have been hidden here byriArnnan frlotwio cinr*o IQ'tQ miiOne dough, hungrily eyeing the slick chicks with their short skirts and upswept hairdos, cracked, All this—throwing out his arms in a gesture that embraced all Nice— And no non-fraternization policy tooNINE 3-STARSUPPED TO FOURWASHINGTON, March 29 (ANSI The Senate yesterday confirmed the nominations of nine lieutenant generals to be full generals, raising to 11 the number of four star generals now on active duty.The promotions gave the Army its greatest number of full generals in the Nation’s history.Five of the new generals hold the permanent rank of major general in the Regular Army. They are Brehon B. Somervell, Commander of Army Service Forces; Joseph T. McNamey, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean; Omar N. Bradley, Commander of the 12th Army Group; Walter Krueger; Commander of the 6th Army in the Southwest Pacific, and Carl Spaatz, Commander of the U. S. Strategic AF in Europe.The others hold the permanent rank of brigadier general They are Qeorge C. Kenny, Commander of the Far East AF; Mark W. Clark, Commander of the lth Army Group in Italy; Jacob L. Deverskicaatsebeliekewhifit8hiJlRSi1E
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Southern France Stars and Stripes
Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur, FR
Fri, Mar 30, 1945
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