To help its canteen workers understand American patrons, Britain's Navy, Army & Air Force Institutes issued a pamphlet. Interesting by-product was the information it gave U.S. soldiers about what the British think of them after nearly a year in the United Kingdom. Samples: >"Americans are men's men. The American troops are tough, but with a toughness tempered by a strong sense of humor. They think the British nation pretty tough, too, after the way we have stood up to bombings." >"You may think they are inclined to make too much of the skyscrapers of New York, the lights of Manhattan,...
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