Must get my hands on this book!
Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia, 1942
Here's a quote from the book:
"There is one thing to get straight, right off the bat. You aren't in Australia to save a helpless people from the savage Jap. Maybe there are fewer people in Australia than there are in New York City, but their soldiers, in this war and the last, have built up a great fighting record. For three years now, they've fought on nearly every battlefront in the war. The Australians need our help in winning this war, of course, but we need theirs just as much. You might remember this when you get into an argument about who's going to win the war: not so long ago in a Sydney bar, an American soldier turned to an Australian next to him and said: 'Well, Aussie, you can go home now. We've come over to save you.' The Aussie cracked back: 'Have you? I thought you were a refugee from Pearl Harbour'."
MUST. OWN. THIS!
Here's a quote from the book:
"There is one thing to get straight, right off the bat. You aren't in Australia to save a helpless people from the savage Jap. Maybe there are fewer people in Australia than there are in New York City, but their soldiers, in this war and the last, have built up a great fighting record. For three years now, they've fought on nearly every battlefront in the war. The Australians need our help in winning this war, of course, but we need theirs just as much. You might remember this when you get into an argument about who's going to win the war: not so long ago in a Sydney bar, an American soldier turned to an Australian next to him and said: 'Well, Aussie, you can go home now. We've come over to save you.' The Aussie cracked back: 'Have you? I thought you were a refugee from Pearl Harbour'."
MUST. OWN. THIS!