10/16 That's as healthy a doughboy foot as I've seen. Dress your foot again, and put on your legging---_pronto_." A "doughboy" is an infantry soldier. "Pronto" is a word the Army has borrowed from the Spanish, and means, "Be quick about it." "I'm not fit to march, sir," cried Sergeant Mock. If I have to send an ambulance I'll have you examined at the hospital, and if I find you've been faking foot trouble then you shall feel the full weight of military law. |