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Main Title: Instructions for American servicemen in Australia 1942. Book Cover
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Imprint: Penguin, 2007.
Collation: ix, [54] p. : ill., maps, hbk ; 16 cm.
Summary: Nearly 1 million American soldiers passed through Australia between 1942 and 1945 as part of America's strategy to recapture the Philippines and defeat Japan. They encountered a country full of reassuring similarities and strange differences.
Subject: Americans
National characteristics
Social life and customs
Australia
World War, 1939-1945
Military history
ISBN: 9780670071319 (hbk.) :
Notes:
"Reproduced from the original prepared by Special Service Division, Services of Supply, United States Army and issued by War and Navy Departments Washington, D.C." -- Cover. ". . . unlike cricket which is a polite game, Australian Rules Football creates a desire on the part of the crowd to tear someone apart, usually the referee . . . " " . . . The Australian has few equals in the world at swearing . . . the commonest swear words are bastard (pronounced "barstud "), "bugger ", and "bloody ", and the Australians have a genius for using the latter nearly every other word . . . "
Result Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Non-Fiction Main Library 994.042 INS Available