567890 SAD SACK Larkeallou SAD Sh GENERALS PAL My, my! How time does fly by!Here it is August already, and I still haven't received my promotion. 1 wonder if I'll *” ever be anything but.a private > * STORIES in the army? How many of you were in the army, friends? How long FEATURES did it take you to get promo- — tions? I just can’t seem to fig: : ure out the answer to my problem. Say! That gives me an idea. Why don’e you waite and tell me about your army éxperi- ences — or, if you weren’t in the army, about an experience you may hayehad helping your country in some. other way. Address all letters to: Sad Sack, 15th floor 1860 Broadway New York 23, New York Sad. 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