A lonely battle against boredom Series: LETTER FROM BALKANS 0 SOUTH PINELLAS Edition

15 August 1996 Dear Mom and Dad, . . . There was a brief duration of time when I believed it was almost certain that we would be out of here by October. But now rumor has it that it is entirely possible that mid-December is to be expected as our earliest departure date and as a direct result, many o...

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Published inSt. Petersburg times (Saint Petersburg, Fla. : 1921)
Main Author Baker, Charles A
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published St. Petersburg, Fla Times Publishing Company 08.09.1996
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Summary:15 August 1996 Dear Mom and Dad, . . . There was a brief duration of time when I believed it was almost certain that we would be out of here by October. But now rumor has it that it is entirely possible that mid-December is to be expected as our earliest departure date and as a direct result, many of us have decided to strike in protest. It's a commercial that tells us where the term infantryman originated. . . . It is said that the above term was first used during the Civil War to describe the newly indoctrinated foot soldier. . . . Taken literally, it is derived from the word infant, in that an infantryman isn't supposed to think, just take orders - like a child who must blindly follow the orders of a parent who has a distinct plan on how their child should be raised.