Saffron's Trials — Frederick E. Smith

Sergeant Alan Saffron, whose one wish was to get back into action, has found himself waiting in Sri Lanka with Corporal Ken Bickers, self-styled Communist and scrounger. This relationship is nearly as turbulent as the war itself. When the two men are sent to the North West Frontier to open a gas warfare school, they find that they have been posted with four of the worst members of their draft, who have a particular reason for disliking himself and Saffron...