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THE NITTY - GRITTY OF ARMY LIR It is best to avoid being drafted into the
Russian army if at all possible . Even military people admit this today . And so ,
every family in which a boy is growing up tries to find a way to keep him from
being ...
THE NITTY - GRITTY OF ARMY LIR It is best to avoid being drafted into the
Russian army if at all possible . Even military people admit this today . And so ,
every family in which a boy is growing up tries to find a way to keep him from
being ...
Page 42
One of them summed up the army as follows : " It's a place where stupidity gets
even with talent . " Recollections of such people about their military service are all
the more interesting . With time their attitude to the army has changed : they have
...
One of them summed up the army as follows : " It's a place where stupidity gets
even with talent . " Recollections of such people about their military service are all
the more interesting . With time their attitude to the army has changed : they have
...
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In the army I realized that everything is relative – including hardships . For
instance , when we returned to the barracks after field exercises , it felt like
coming home what with the dampness and living mostly on potatoes . And only in
the army ...
In the army I realized that everything is relative – including hardships . For
instance , when we returned to the barracks after field exercises , it felt like
coming home what with the dampness and living mostly on potatoes . And only in
the army ...
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