IT HAPPENED IN THE ARMY
B. M.
H.M.
URING the Great War many 1 little billets deux found their way Overseas in parcels of comforts for soldiers. Many a man in Flanders or France had a day brightened by a letter from an unknown correspondent; sometimes these epistles were laughter-giving, sometimes serious; occasionally sentiment crept in and romance developed, but few of these old-timers could have been-shall we say more impressed-by their informal mail than a member of our New Army by a recent experience. This hefty young man was presented with a pair of hand-made socks. by a committee. He put them on, and proudly set off on a march. Soon his new-found happiness suffered a set-back; he developed a terrible pain in one foot. However, he carried on bravely until, it became so intolerable he was forced to fall out. Removing the sock for an examination of the foot, he found, firmly ensconced in the toe of the garment, a hard screw of paper, which, on being unfolded, revealed the inscription: -‘ God bless the soldier who wears this sock,"
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 39, 21 March 1940, Page 4
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181IT HAPPENED IN THE ARMY New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 39, 21 March 1940, Page 4
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