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We had all settled down,

and I had just marked out the area for each company

when three jeeps arrived.

Out of the first one got the famous General Stillwell, Vinegar Joe,

who had come to greet the British.

The general was a small, thin man dressed in American combat uniform

with a rifle slung over his shoulder.

We fell in on parade and he asked me the name of my regiment. When I said it was

the Gloucesters, he said he was mighty pleased and then gave us a most comprehensive talk on the

County of Gloucestershire in general and about Broadway down to the last detail. We were confounded.

Then he said to me, say, how many of you boys come from Gloucestershire?

Now, this was a very awkward question to be asked suddenly, as my party was composed of five members

from each company. It was a wartime battalion, and I'd only seen the other company's representatives

...