BOY, THAT'S MUD!
TRIALS OF A SOLDIER
Because of the sodden ground we are encouraging our troops to carry with them an old steel arch or a button hook or similar bit of metal so that when they bccomc mired we can easily locate them with mine detectors. All suspicions bubbles are being carei'ullj: investigated. . . . It has become the custom of our kitchen personnel to serve the food according to the phases of the because our stomachs- are rising and falling with the tides. . . . We are equipping our jeeps with periscopes and our vehicles with pontoons . . . The habit of digging foxholes is becoming obsolete. One merely llings oneself flat on. the lace and in no time is sunk as snug as a bug in a rug. Heavy men are advised to leave marker buoys. One lad failed to mark his location and is now posted as missing. He Aveighed well over 300lbs*, so quite likely has hit. bedrock by now. —Description, of Italian mud by a sergeant over the F>.B.C.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 60, 27 March 1945, Page 6
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170BOY, THAT'S MUD! Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 60, 27 March 1945, Page 6
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