From Shane Maloney, The University of New South Wales
Sydney
Was anyone else reminded of “Seagoon MCC” when they read of plans by
Britain’s Defence Clothing and Textile Agency to develop decoy tanks to attract
enemy fire (“The vanishing point”, 6 December, p 32)?
Lance Corporal Seagoon, in an effort to prove himself mad and gain discharge
from the armed forces, suggested the placement of cardboard tanks on Salisbury
Plain upon which the Germans would waste thousands of bombs . . . cardboard
bombs as it turned out.
Will Spike Milligan be able to claim prior publication on this idea?
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