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TO
MY MOTHER AND FATHER
and every other Mother and Father, who spend hours wondering about
the welfare of their son, this book is dedicated. And with it comes
the assurance that life in the big cantonment contains a full
measure of real happiness, and that all hardships are mitigated by a
sense of humor which develops even in the worst of pessimists. We
are contented, for to compensate for the absence of you and all that
you mean, comes the knowledge that we are doing everything that
brave men and women, the world over, would have us do at times like
these. We are doing a man's work and by the token of the service
flag in your window you should know that the days of patched
trousers, darned stocking, of toy fire engines, play soldiers, and
noisy drums, were not spent in vain.
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