Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 September 1942 — Page 8

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t, 1942, by The Indianapolis Times oy The Ch icago Daily News, In

SOUTHERN COMMAND ASLT SCHOOL, England, Aug. 128 (via Airmail).~A touslé-headed Boy under a toy tin hat he found in ie store ‘before ‘the supply ran Out marches resolutely along the beach. The air around him is filled : : with sticks, cull, +i potatoes, even some “live ammunition’ —stones. “Cor,” ‘he says as one flashes over his sholders, “that was a near un,” but he keeps on going. You can’t flinch in the face of enemy fire. It's part of: 3 ‘the training of the “ commandos,” named for their village - Which is now a part of the British home forces southern command assault school.

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“The ' beach performance; is their juvenile counterpart of the much grimmer and eaore realistic “confidence test” in ‘which the soldiers} march 400 yards along the shore with machine guns kicking up the sand ahead and ‘behind them, with snipers firing tracefs—pink flashes as they sing past six or eight feet away, and guncotton charges and practice grenades | Simulating an artillery barrage. | Bryan Watts, 12; and thoroughly freckled, is variously called: *general,” “captain,” or “‘sub-lieutenant,” but he’s the unquestioned leader of his unit, a dozen youngsters ranging from 10 to 13. Three-quarters of his energetic troop, however, are evacuees from London's hard-hit suburb of Croyden, one of the initial targets in the blitz. “I've been here two years,” explains one of them, “But I think I'm going home next week.” “Coo,” whistles another, “Lucky beggar!”

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pondent that it’s not accurate to refer to them as “commandos. » “You see,” he says earnestly, “we're still training. Training they: are, and: with a vengeance. From: the vantage point of a rock wall thay watch each new group of soldiers as they learn

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youngsters aren't altogether overawed by their big brothers. Except for the added problems of carrying a rifle and pack through these exercises, the youngsters match the performance in every respect as soon as the soldiers surrender the course. Most difficult of

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