CONTENTS 1 2 STARTS AND FITS Page 3 3 DIGGING IN Page 28 "hut-nutty" or "saga-gaga"? Page 55 4 COUNTRY OF FROST AND FIRE Page 85 5 MEMBERS OF THE "FRl" Page 107 6 SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS Page 134 7 GOING HOME THE FIRST Page 160 8 PROGRESS Page 184 9 WHITE CHRISTMAS Page 204 10 HAPPY NEW YEAR Page 229 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE AUTHOR Frontispiece ICELANDIC SPRINGTIME 8 "an-gels of mer-cy are we" 24 THE HOT STOVE LEAGUE 24 TEMPORARY CENTER 40 THE GENERAL 56 SWEET AND HOT AT THE HOGPEN 72 OUTPOST 88 'NAY-EE, NAY-EEF' 104 BROTHERHOOD OF THE FBI 120 REYKJAVIK 136 ALT I LAG! — OKAY 152 ARTS AND CRAFTS 168 COMPANY STREET, 3:30 P.M. 184 COOL AUDIENCE 200 GOING TO TOWN 216 THE FIRST ECHELON 232 REINFORCED A.R.C. PERSONNEL 232