One soldier described his trousers as "unfriendly", saying "they kept their distance from my feet, in mourning at half mast".
ある復員兵はズボンが「非友好的」 (unfriendly) であると言い、「彼らは私の足から距離を取り、半旗を掲げ喪に服した」(They kept their distance from my feet, in mourning at half mast.) と語った。