Bernard McElwaine of Finchley, England, onetime captain in the North Shore (N.B.) Regt., says that during the Normandy fighting an order was issued to forbid “liberating” livestock to augment the monotonous “compo” rations.

A passing senior officer in a jeep spotted two soldiers preparing some chickens, a goose and a pig for the kitchen. He called them to account.

One of the men stood to attention and explained: “The goose was honking, the chickens were running around attracting notice and the pig was squealing and giving away our position. There was nothing to do but kill them for collaborating with the enemy.”