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Old 06-20-2010, 07:28 PM   #44
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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.
Was it "How I Won the War" by Patrick Ryan? I haven't read the book but I saw the movie with John Lennon.
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