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In 1917, Thorne Smith followed his father's will and joined the U. S. Navy as a member. In 1918, he published a book based on the daily life of the navy, which was very popular. The protagonist of the novel, Oswald, narrates the daily life of sailors in the form of a diary. The language is humorous and the jokes come out of his mouth, which is really hilarious. This is a work written during the First World War. It is a story about conscription and the army, but there is no fire or smoke. A group of young recruits, looking forward to the unknown new world, boarded the ship of the U. S. Navy, and with their ambitions to travel all over the world, they started their own ridiculous military careers. Pelham ushered in the most troublesome recruit kid...