No time for sergeants

Description

When the man from the draft board arrives to take country bumpkin Will Stockdale to Callville for induction into the army, Will's father chases him off. But even hastily erected barbed wire cannot prevent Uncle Sam from claiming this draftee, and soon Will is on a bus to Fort Thompson, Georgia. In the barracks, our hapless hero meets little Ben Whitledge, a fellow trainee who thinks he deserves a medal simply because his grandfather fought under Stonewall Jackson. This odd duo is assigned to the elite air force, though they would rather serve in that most glorious and revered branch of the army - the infantry. Sergeant King, Will's nemesis, is determined to dampen the young soldier's enthusiasm, but Will - even in his long stint as latrine orderly - consistently prevails and unknowingly confounds the gruff sergeant at every turn.

First Sentence

The thing was, we had gone fishing that day and Pa had wore himself out with it the way he usually did when he went fishing.

Excerpt

The thing was, we had gone fishing that day and Pa had wore himself out with it the way he usually did when he went fishing.

Subjects

Genres

• Fiction.

Series Statement

• Voices of the South

Other Editions

• No time for sergeants.Random House1954-01-01
• No time for sergeantsLouisiana State University Press1995
• No Time for SergeantsHardcoverAmereon Ltd1940-06-01
• No time for sergeants.The New American Library1956-01-01
• No Time For SergeantsPaperbackSignet1970-06-01