AMERICAN ARMY PRAISE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 145, 19 June 1944, Page 1

AMERICAN ARMY PRAISE.

TRIBUTE TO N.Z. TROOPS. ' | (P.A.) Wellington, June 15. • Two copies of the European edition at' the United States Army weekly Yank, which is a splendidly produced 24-page paper, were received thii week by the Director of Publicity, Mi. J. Paul, from Captain E. C. Webber, public relations officer with the 2nd N.Z.E.F. They contain feature stories dealing with the New Zealand forces. The articles provide further evidence of the high regard in which New Zealanders are held as fighting men. One is a descriptive story giving a vivid account of a game of nerves in which New Zealanders were engaged in bitter fighting that took place in difficult terrain before the Germans were finally driven out of shell-torn Cassino. Another articles describes the capture of the Green Islands by troops of the 3rd New Zealand Division in the Pacific, mentioning by name a number of New Zealanders who took part. An article on New Zealanders at Cassino was published in all editions of Yank, including the parent edition in the United States. Two other army papers received with Yank were a copy of the Italian edition of Stars and Stripes, another American publication, and a copv of Eighth Army News, also from Italy. The latter features General Freyberg’s account published in New Zealand some weeks ago of the fighting in which the New Zealanders participated at Cassino. An introduction to the general’s report states: "All Eighth Army men mindful of the disbnguished record of New Zealand trooDfi, dating back to the early days in the desert, will read with pride this official account of Kiwi gallantry in the grim battle for Cassino and | Monastery Hill.” ; The copy of Stars and Stripes contains an article by a staff correspondent, headed: "Kiwis fighting in Italy add new lustre to brilliant record of democratic army.” It. pays a tribute tc the performances of the New Zealand forces and gives a brief description of New Zealand and its people and some aspects of life in the Dominion. Referring to the New Zealanders at Cassino the article states: “The valour of New Zealand soldiers fighting In the terrible holocaust of Cassino will become a tireless chapter in the story of the struggle against German tyranny.”