Army & Navy - OCCUPATION: Cleanup Man

Soldiers of the Allied armies in France were ready last week to salute the humbler military men who have followed in their wake cleaning up their wreckage: SHAEF's civil-affairs officers (G5 in the U.S. Army's general staff divisions). In helping to revive the normal life of a battered France they had proved to be a real military asset. The people of France hailed them as saviors.

G-5 had made a good record in Italy. In France the record was even better. The officers had luck. French crops were good. The retreating Germans...

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