BAYONETS DISPERSE GI'S IN FRANKFORT; Armed Guards Break Up March on McNarney's Headquarters to Speed Return Home 20 Reported Arrested Vienna Soldiers Protest 1,800 in London Join Movement
By KATHLEEN McLAUGHLIN By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES.
January 10, 1946
FRANKFORT ON THE MAIN, Germany, Jan. 9--Four thousand United States soldiers in a mutinous mood, who tried to rush headquarters of the United States Forces in the European Theatre here tonight, with the objective of forcing Gen. Joseph T. McNarney to confront them on their demand to be sent home, were stopped at bayonet point by a small group of guards.
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GIS YELL TAUNTS AT GENERAL OF EUROPEAN AREA
Threaten to Hold Protest Meetings Nightly
January 10, 1946
Thousands of irate GIs and WACs, protesting the redeployment slowdown, marched on Gen. McNarney's headquarters tonight, challenging the European theater commander to meet them and loudly criticizing "politicians" for delaying their return home.
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MANILA GI'S DRAFT PROTEST TO ARMY
By ROBERT TRUMBULL By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES.
January 11, 1946
MANILA, Jan. 10--The Manila soldier sentiment against the reduced demobilization crystalized here tonight in a meeting of 156 soldier delegates elected by as many separate Army outfits in the Manila area. The delegates claim to represent 139,000 men, all interested in getting home.
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U.S. PRESTIGE DROPS AFTER GI PROTESTS; High Officers Say Occupation of Germany Is Affected
By DREW MIDDLETON By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES.
January 13, 1946
BERLIN, Jan. 12--The recent demonstrations in Frankfort on the Main, Berlin and elsewhere in Germany, in which United States troops clamored to be returned home, have done more than anything else to lower the prestige of the United States in the eyes of the German population and weaken ...
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1,000 GI'S IN SHANGHAI PETITION PATTERSON
January 15, 1946
SHANGHAI, Jan. 14 (AP)--A thousand United States Army enlisted men met Secretary of War Patterson at the airport today and petitioned an opportunity to discuss demands for a mere clear-cut policy on discharges.
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EISENHOWER CITES DANGER IN PROTESTS
January 13, 1946
TORONTO, Ont., Jan. 12 (AP)-- The wave of "bring them home" public opinion in the United States is blinding American occupation troops to the importance of the Allies' "unfinished task" in Germany and Japan, United States Chief of Staff Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said at a news conference today.
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WHEN GI'S MARCHED AND LED A "BRING THE GI'S HOME" MOVEMENT
January 4, 1946 (Friday)
The United States Department of War announced a slowdown in demobilization of U.S. Army soldiers in the Pacific theater, cutting army discharges by 60 percent, from 800,000 down to 300,000 per month. In the week that followed, American soldiers around the world protested, in the Philippines, France, Guam, Germany, India and the United States. The War Department reversed the decision as a result of pressure from the "'Bring Em Home' Movement".
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