Army & Navy - Prelude to Battle

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This week some 5,000,000 Americans in the Army of the United States will have Christmas dinner on the house. Not all will eat on the same day: more than 1,000,000 are outside of the U.S., and many are on the other side of the international date line. They will eat in at least 65 different countries or islands. For many there will be no turkey, no snow, no bells (see p. 38). For others in Alaska, in Greenland, in Iceland, there may be turkey and even bells, and there certainly will...

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