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ID
b169
Title
"Sorry, No Saccharine."
Genre
Story
Page Count
5
Word Count
1060
Publication Year
1943
Document Types
Flying Officer X Byline
Topics
Pilots, War, Age

A "Flying Officer X" story portraying two participants in the service — a sixty-year old veteran of three wars and a nineteen-year-old W.A.A.F.

The narrator ponders "the courage of the old, who think they know, and of the young, who do not understand." The title refers to a catchphrase used by the waitress when referring to anything unavailable in the mess hall.

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