Army & Navy - MORALE: Just Before the Battle

The scene is a muddy grove of trees in Italy. The characters: a group of inarticulate U.S. citizens who have been sent overseas to fight the war. They are on the eve of their first battle. With them is New York Times man C. L. Sulzberger.

Sulzberger: "Well, how do you fellows feel?"

Private Kenneth Cronogue: "The Germans are supposed to be very tough. But I don't like 'em because we are at war with 'em. . . . I am scared about going up against them. We are all scared. . . . I was born and raised in...

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