Army: Doughboys Abroad

Last week in Britain U.S. troops:

¶ Watched with delighted approval while a U.S. private spanked Winston Churchill's daughter Mary when she kidded him about his big feet (see p. 44).

¶ Hooked rare old wine from an Ulster castle cellar. Cost, in fines to the party of nine: $954.

¶ Read merrily the "Doughboy Dictionary" provided by a London paper, supposedly "interpreting" new U.S. slang to the British. Some definitions were correct. Others: a hobo is a redcap, sinkers are dumplings, a K.O. is a commanding officer.

¶ Startled English country residents with jeeps, motor...

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