ORDER TO AMERICANS
LONDON, September 24 Troops of the American First Army who are pressing steadily into Germany, must not visit the homes of enemy civilians, dine with them, buy from them, or talk to them, except on official business. Sight-seeing in German towns and exploring in German territory are forbidden.
These are the main points of an order put out by General Hodges, commander of the First Army. He points out that American troops will soon find themselves surrounded on every hand by enemies, and for their own safety strict measures have to be adopted and rigidly enforced. One of the most important is that the Americans shall not fraternise with the German civil population.
The order says that the German people are engaged in total war, and individually and collectively are .enemies of the Americans, and calls on them to show, by their military bearing and efficiency, that the Germans appreciate the power of the army and the high discipline of the troops.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 74, 25 September 1944, Page 5
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165ORDER TO AMERICANS Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 74, 25 September 1944, Page 5
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