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think for the Yanks stared as we passed & swarmed round us in their YMCA to have a yarn & to shake hands with an Aussie about whom they have heard so much from some of the boys who were with us. One chap said 'You ought to see 'em fight'. I talked myself hoarse that night answering questions about Australia. We went a trip with them to the top of a Mount Revard. There was snow there still about 10 feet deep in places & from the top one can see Mt Blanc the highest Mt in Europe & high peaks in Switzerland & Italy. We tried to get into Switzerland to Geneva but it was impossible since it is a neutral country. We wandered into the baths & had a dip in the 'officers only' pool. (It is wonderful what an Australian

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