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    Dear Ian,
    Things change ,you say that you would tell the truth to your officers, well that is fine and I am glad to hear it.
    The army that I served in had different standards and one had to be very careful about what one said to officers. I think generally the officer core of my day looked down on the other ranks with inbred disdain and the other ranks looked upon there officers with contempt, at least that is what it was like in the highland regiments. that was not true all the time but it was a general acceptance of how the army worked in those days.
    You mention how proud todays soldiers are to wear thier campaign medals
    you are surely not implying that when I or others of my age group were soldiers we were not proud to wear our campaign medals of the day?? far from it. the only difference between todays service men and servicemen of my day is time "They serve, We served"

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