Nissen News - 15.12.1941, Side 3

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NUMBER ONE CHRISTMAS 1941 PRICE 1 KRÓNA
The Editor Explains
“Let Praise be given where Praise be due”. It was the Commanding Officer
who sowed the seed from which germinated the magazine you hold in your hand.
When he first suggested that we should publish our own paper, neither he nor I
realised what obstacles would have to be surmounted before the press began
to rotate, and we could confidently say our work was done. From the outset
our greatest enemy has been Time, and there was little enough of it at our dis-
posal if w'e vvere to put this magazine in your hands before Christmas Day.
As the work took shape, our ambition increased, and wThat was intended to
be an apologetic and very hunible 12-page souvenir to mark another Christmas
season in Iceland, has grown into a 20-page magazine, w'ith the possibility of
otbers to follow.
The Króna you paid for it does not nearly cover the cost that has been
incurred. Even so, wTe dare not hope that the result will meet wTith universal
approval. There may be those who regard our effort as too flippant. It may not be
your idea of what a Unit magazine should look like. You may think of import-
ant things that should have found place here, and you have searched in vain for
them. We are as conscious of the imperfections as you are.
But at least we have tried to give you YOUR OWN magazine and if you do
happen to like it wre want you to buy more copies to send to the folk at home
— and ‘Home’ means South Wrales, Yorkshire, Lancashire, the Midlands, Londoir,
Scotland, — sure, and Ireland too.
What has been written in the following pages was written in a spirit of
good comradeship, and no offence or injury is intended tow'ards any member
of the Unit.
The Editor is grateful to all who have made the work lighter by submitting
contributions — published or otherwise, — and to his Sub-Editor, L/Cpl. V. B.
Lena, for his valuable assistance.
Finally, he takes tbis opportunity of wishing all members of the Unit, and
readers at home, a very Happy Christmas and Brighter Days in the New Year.
Good luck to you all. j g WooDFORD.
A Toast —
Let’s drink lo the spirit of gallantry
and courage that made a strange
Heaven out of an unbelievable Hell,
and let’s drink to the hope that one
day this country of ours, which we
love so much, will find dignity and
greatness and peace again.
From Noel Coward’s
“Cavalcade”.