| Entry Text: | SPENSER, James. The Awkward Marine. 303p. London: Longmans Green, 1948.
Conscripted against his will into the Royal Marine Labour Corp in 1941, the author caused trouble and awkwardness until allowed to join the Royal Marine Commando. He was promptly captured at Dieppe and then spent the rest of the war being a nuisance to the Germans. |
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