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"Unlike cricket, which really is a polite game, Australian Guidelines Soccer creates a desire for the public to tear someone apart, usually the referee." This is merely one of the engaging and astute observations the U.S. armed service provided in the pocket guides distributed to the practically one million American military who landed on the shores of Australia between 1942 and 1945. Even though Land Down Under thought more familiar than many of their assignments overseas, North american G.I.s still needed help navigating the distinctly different Aussie culture, and approaching to their recovery was Instructions for North american Servicemen in Australia, 1942. This pamphlet is filled up with pithy notes on Australian traditions, terms, and other ethnic facts the armed service deemed necessary for each and every American soldier. In the native wildlife-a land of "funny animals"-to the country's colonial record, to the general characteristics of Australians-"an outside sort of people, breezy and very democratic"-Instructions for North american Servicemen in Australia gives a concise yet surprisingly informative overview of the island land. Regarding Aussie slang, it notes that "the Australian has few equals on the globe at swearing.... The most typical swear words are 'bastard' (pronounced 'barstud'), 'bugger,' and 'bloody,' and the Australians have a genius for using the latter nearly every other phrase." The pamphlet also includes a humorous reason of the country's musical traditions-including an annotated text of "Waltzing Matilda"-as well as amusing passages on sports activities, politics, and the Aussies' behaviour toward Yanks and Brits. A fascinating check out a neglected Allied forward in the Southern hemisphere, Instructions for North american Servicemen in Australia, 1942 practices its successful predecessors as a captivating historical file of a pivotal era ever sold.
