Excerpt from The Military Surgeon, 1920, Vol. 47: Journal of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States

Many soldiers and officers who had worn glasses in the past decided that they were unnecessary in a military career, such men left their glasses at home, or forgot their prescriptions, or did not replace break ages, later suffering much annoyance from the brimless overseas cap, from exposure to the white roads of France, from work on necessary records or in technical schools, or other exciting causes of Visual strain.

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