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The only war we had : a platoon leader's journal of Vietnam choose

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[US] M.L. Lanning Only War We Had 47: She wrote that the doctor said that she had the ‘Egyptian flu’—she was going to ‘be a mummie’.
at Egyptian flu (n.) under Egyptian, adj.
[US] (con. Vietnam War) M.L. Lanning Only War We Had 251: They spent much of their time at the base camp ‘catching Zs.’.
at catch a few Z’s (v.) under z, n.1
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