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First, stop the beeding. Never use your own first aid packet. Remember?

We were to learn later how seriously the medics took their practical work.

There were slips and close shaves, but, the Engineers never failed.

Everybody hated to carry this baby in training.
But, with a full magazine and your finger on the trigger . . .

On a sunny Sunday afternoon we'd have nothing to do,
so we did it inside of the Service Club . . .

On a sunny Monday afternoon we'd have nothing to do,
so we ran a platoon problem outside of the Service Club . . .

 


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