Stars and Stripes newspaper during WWII

HI all, new guy here.

Looking for some help. My father was in WWII. 12th regiment, 4th division.
Landed on Utah Beach and did 4 more campaigns. Hurtgen and the Bulge included.. Well he passed away in 2007 and never did talk much about the war. However he had 2 brothers that were there too. His brother that was Navy told me some stories about my dad after he passed. The other brother was air force.

One thing he did say was my dad had a nice write up in the Stars and Stripes paper. It was titlled ""The Nervy Nine"". Well now that a good deal of that paper is online I decided to join for a month and see what turns up.. I chose the LONDON EDITION. Then read the Hurtgen dates, The Battle of the Bulge next, nothing. Last I went right to the landing on Utah Beach and read through the dropping of bombs on Japan.. Stil nothing.

I then went looking for other editions that may have come here to the states during the war. On google it mentions a series of small booklets that were printed near the lines and given to the troops. It was small enough to fit in there pocket and they could be mailed home. It was called G.I. stories.

Has anyone heard of or actually seen one of these?? I do not see that edition title in the Stars and Stripes section on newspaper archives dot com, wwhich is the site that has them.. I will call them monday. Also tried surfing ebay to see one and nothing there either. Any ideas would be great. Thanks, Jeff

 

Hi Lou
Thanks for the welcome and ideas. I do have his dscharge. Not my uncle's. One was navy, one Air Force. I was showing my cousin dad's papers who is Navy retired. He was 12th regiment then joined into the 4th division. He was a tech sgt , intelligence. What info from the paper would you like me to look at??
thanks for the places to read up.. Will pull his paperwork tomorow and have another look. Thanks, Jeff

 

Welcome to the forums!

 

Welcom to the forum.

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

Welcome to the Forum, Jeff.

 

Hi Lou
Here is a scan. I cut out his name.. This does not mention the PUC he has here.. In reading it seems that they all got one for the Bulge? I thought maybe his came from something he did on a smaller scale that was asociated with the article "" The Nervy Nine"" I am trying to find??
Im in scranton, what part are you from in Pa.?.. Jeff

 

Lou
I looked at the links you provided.
1 takes me to the stars n stripes papers. That one is what I have been reading.. LONDON EDITION done..

G.I. Stories was a series of 53 booklets published during World War II by the newspaper Stars and Stripes. The series covered the ground, air, and service forces in the European theater of operations.
Each booklet was designed to be small enough to fit in a uniform pocket or to mail home. Booklets were stamped "Passed by censor for mailing home." Inside the covers of most booklets was a page for soldiers to record their personal information, and a page for autographs.
The total pages in each booklet was 40, consisting of 20 double-sided pieces of paper folded in the center and stapled. The pages included 32 text pages, a front and rear cover, and a color centerfold with a map of the divisions route or a photo montage. Eight pages were color including the covers.

The famous 4th you showed me is on cd for 8 buks. It seems to be a general overview on the division??? Does the article above mean there was one for each division that is a general story. OR, was this booklet an actual paper that the guys got frequently??? I am really not sure exactly what the article means... Jeff

 

can i post a few of his pics.?? There from hurtgen??

 

I've tried everything with his name and unit and have drawn a blank.

About only thing I can tell you about him was that he was a forward on the Scranton University 1940-41 basketball team, and there is a team picture in the Saturday March 1, 1941 copy of The Wilkes-Barre Record.

Very little on the 12th Infantry Division either.

 

Couple of pages from the 12th's AAR can be found beginning here: http://home.scarlet.be/~sh446368/aar-12th-inf-1.html

 

Sorry, almost forgot...

Greeting and welcome to our humble home.

Scranton...Good times there! I had friends in the Hamlin/Lake Wallenpaupack and Honesdale areas. Used to go up every other weekend, but it's been a good 10 years since I saw them last.

 

Yes he was a forward at the U of SCR. My dad and his brother both played.. Thats where he was when he was drafted. Is that WB paper online ???I would like to dwnld. it to print out.

What do you mean by the 12th's AAR??? Is that like a daily journal of his moves in Europe???? I do not have ancestry.com Jeff

 

Sure it is online...You just have to sign up for a free trial subscription.

I would suggest creating a "junk" e-mail account on G-Mail and using that e-mail address to sign up with...Never use your real one.

Link: http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/106007146/

 

After Action Report. Yeah, it is basically a daily summary of their combat actions. Unfortunately, I have not found any full copies online, just the 4-page snippet

 

looks like newspapers.com it is. I ran the trial over the summer. Can you clip it for me??

Yeah, good ol scranton. Have friends in hamlin, the pack too. Have not been at the lake in 20 yrs. M y cousin was a fishing guide there. He had 2 cottages, but has passed too.

Clear case of wish I asked my uncle more when he was alive on this article. I will keep looking though.. Thanks for all the welcome's. Cool forum, will be reading a lot i am sure. Jeff

 

just thought of something. Not usre if it will help anyone. My dad had reunion's after the war. The pics. I found all have the banner ""CARGO"" hanging in the place it was held.
Also when I was young we had a poodle named "" PEPE"" it was 45 ys. ago but he said it meant something with the war??

And, how did you get my dads name??? Through a seriel number or something??? .jeff

 

Oddly enough The Stars And Stripes Museum is down south from me in a small Mo. town called Bloomfield. This is where the paper began in 1861-62. A very good museum, and the site of a Mo. State Cem. The 4th booklet isn't too hard to find, and way cheaper than they used to be. I've seen them in the past six months.
Jon