TEETH STORY
HUMOUR OF WAR “There is humour as well as tragedy in war. Some of the best stories of the December 7 attack on Pearl Harbour are just now getting general circulation. One of these is about the old soldier and the husky sergeant who would not let him go back into burning barracks after his false teeth. It was in the lull after the first attack that the old soldier suddenly realised that his china slippers were in his locker. He.started back. “Where
do you think you’re going?” the husky sergeant asked. “I’ve got to get my teeth,” the old soldier said. “Hell, man!” said the sergeant, grasping the old soldier firmly by the arm and pulling him back, “they ain’t dropping sandwiches.”—Foster Harley in “New York Times.”
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4563, 22 April 1942, Page 8
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130TEETH STORY Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4563, 22 April 1942, Page 8
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