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Originally Posted by SameOldStory
Sad to say but that's not it.
Young solders in training - yes.
Virgin solders - yes.
Love interest - yes.
I read it back in the late ‘60s – yes.
Singapore - no.
It wasn't even a war book really.
The only scene in the book that I can recall is where they push an unpopular guy in front of a machinegun that is firing blanks. No, that's not funny but the book overall was very funny.
Well, we all lose things as time goes by. Books, memory, and books too.
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Was it "How I Won the War" by Patrick Ryan? I haven't read the book but I saw the movie with John Lennon.