"Do you think that Austrians and Americans should marry?"

This week's Reveille will present only views opposing such marriages. In our next issue the GIs defending such will be given a chance.

Pfc. F.J. Marlarsie, Hq. Btry., 280th FA: "No! In the first place, the Austrians are our enemies. In the second place, an Austrian girl might have been in love with a Kraut or one of your buddies before you got here. If she goes out with GIs, her enemies, she isn't even a good Kraut. Why don't COs transfer guys out if they see them getting involved?"

Pfc. Waldo B. Thomas, C Co., 242d Inf: "No! Plenty of girls at home, darn it! We came over here to fight a war, not to marry."

S-Sgt. Mario Salvatore, I Co., 232d FA: "No! Go with a girl and have your fun, but don't marry. I can't see marriage when my buddies have been killed by brothers and boy friends of the girls GIs would marry."

Pfc. Norman Klopping, 124th Gen. Hosp.: "No! The Austrian culture and society is notably different from ours and, although there are many high-standard Austrian girls, the readjustment of a new environment so necessary to make a successful marriage cannot occur under our strained relationship. In plain words let's go back to the girls at home that are waiting for us!"

"Rainbow Reveille", GI newspaper of the "Rainbow Division" in Austria, February 2, 1946.