"One of the greatest lessons’of Crete to me has been that the modern soldier from general to private, must be young and fit. To bo able to deal with these shock tactics and quick-changing conditions one should be able to exist on a minimum amount of food and sleep, and still be able to think clearly and fight,” wrote Lieutenant C. IS. Armstrong, in a letter from the Middle East to his parents in Wanganui, Mr and Mrs N. G. Armstrong.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 247, 31 July 1941, Page 8
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