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1. A P-38 is fairly well known as a US fighter manufactured by Lockheed. But to a hungry GI what else might a P-38 be?
2. If you were to hear an Australian soldier talking about drinking some bombo, what might he be talking about?
3. If you were to come across a Soviet T-34 and see BEF written on the turret, what would it mean?
4. Kilroy of "Kilroy was here" fame may have started out as a complaining French character named Pepe.
5. Most of us have an idea what KP is, even if we haven't served. But what was a KP pusher?
6. When not fighting, British soldiers might enjoy what was referred to as a brew up. Just what was a brew up?
7. German soldiers might talk about the looks of the fohlen in the army. Who, or what, would they have been referring too?
8. A Japanese soldier keeping a diary might have written about their experiences on ga-to. What were they talking about?
9. U.S. Marines might talk about having had seagulls when they got home. Which of these two very different items might they have been talking about?
10. SNAFU, TARFU, and FUBAR are the names of three cartoon brothers.
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