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Unusual Wartime Mock Training Described by Hurley
Private Joseph T. Hurley recounts a harsh satirical letter urging fathers to train their sons for military life with degrading, drilllike routines. The piece contrasts brutal home discipline with the hardship of frontline conditions, culminating in a bleak view of a soldier’s overseas rest and deployment.
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Imander
Joseph T. Hurdy
Idgeport Telegram
Ordnee Corps
American Expedi Mary Forces
Hurley
Beaucoup
Reveille
Johnny
Mike
Tom
France
Sis
Jimmy
Uncle Sam