Army & Navy - MORALE: G.I. Nonsense

"G.I. nonsense'' is one of the few print1-able phrases among combat soldiers in Italy for the rules that trip them up in rear areas. Regulations about saluting, wearing underwear, having your wrist watch on the outside of the wrist get little sympathy or understanding from the man from a foxhole.

Corporal J. F. Brennan and Pfc. Stan Sill ran into the spider web. When they got home to the Anzio beachhead, they were still mad enough to write a letter to the editor — in this case, the editor of the Stars and Stripes.

Three men of their tank company, they...

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