The article on the right appeared two days before the German capitulation; the Allies were in Berlin, Hitler was dead and the Pentagon was planning to send some men home while shipping a million off to fight the Japanese.
“Here is how that will work:
Soldiers will be granted point values for length of service, service overseas, days in combat, wounds, decorations, age, marital status, number of children and dependents, and the degree of dependency. First to return from Europe to this country will be the sick and the wounded. The air transport command is moving ahead with plans to fly home 50,000 men a month. Those men who go directly from the European theater to the Pacific theater may be flown by giant bombers or transported through the Suez Canal.”
