Word: schnurrbart
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Steiner's platoon is a batch of human putty. Among them are: trusty, pipe-smoking Schnurrbart, a born second-in-command; Dietz, a mamma's boy with the puppy-dog look; Dorn, an overage misclassified philosophy professor; Kern, a blowhard rookie; and Zoll, a pornography-minded tub of lard. "Anyone who gives out is going to be left behind," Steiner warns them. When their rations give out, Steiner tells them to eat tree bark, but he also shares the last of his own rations. When Dietz is critically wounded in a night skirmish, it is Steiner who holds...
...since sent their consciences on permanent leave. Steiner tangles with one of them, his Führer-minded C.O., and exposes him for the cowardly lump of jelly he is. In the meantime even the old soldiers die. Dorn and Kern are blasted to shapeless pulp by artillery shells. Schnurrbart is mistakenly murdered by a homosexual German officer settling a private score. It is a quiet day on the eastern front when a stray Russian shell catches Steiner. "Why are you bawling?" he asks the only old platoon member left to mourn him. "You're the last noncom...
This writer, then a teenager, well remembers his residence and travels in Germany at that time, and how he had to resort to extreme measures to wear as a subtle flattery to the Germans the Schnurrbart, made so popular by the Kaiser. Each and every night at bedtime, one soaked the mustache with a dressing (which hardened when dry), then applied the Schnurrbart binder made of netlike material, shaped to go under the nose and extend well toward the ears, held flat and tight by elastic bands behind the ears. After applying, each side was lifted in turn...
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