OUR SOLDIERS AND OTHERS
Sir,-Your correspondents "ex-2nd N.Z.E.F." and Albert E. Young express the opinions of many old soldiers when they deprecate praising our New Zealand Division too highly. But I think it is only fair to point out that a certain amount of this hero-worship originated in Britain. Who of us has not heard of the House of Commons incident when members rose and cheered the news that our Division had stopped the rot at Alamein? To compare our men with other crack Divisions appears to me like comparing Joe Louis with Jack Dempsey, but my personal opinion is that the "Old Contemptibles" excelled all other armies of the present century; next to them I place the Anzacs on Gallipoli, with only this difference"The Old Contemptibles" had the
more perfect discipline.
G.E.
F.
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N.Z.E.F. (Sefton).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 242, 11 February 1944, Page 3
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137OUR SOLDIERS AND OTHERS New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 242, 11 February 1944, Page 3
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