Overpaid, Over-Sexed, and Over There

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This is the story of a bemused Brit who served with the US Army in the 1950s. He recalls some of the humourous highlights of a life among the GIs, including the 330lb New York Giants football hero with whom he shared a double bunk, the Polish asylum seeker who knew the Uniform Code of Military Justice by heart, and much more.

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A bemused Brit who served with the US Army in the 1950s recalls some of the humorous highlights of a life among the GIs: the 330lb New York Giants football hero with whom he shared a double bunk… the Polish asylum seeker who knew the Uniform Code of Military Justice by heart… the short-sighted and excitable Greek… the Virgin Islander who made a habit of dropping live hand grenades… the company master-sergeant who tended accidentally to call out his own name in morning assemblies…

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Dimensions 216 × 140 mm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

132

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

355.0092 (edition:22)

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