watch warn WWII style on inside of wrist

[Paul Mackin]

On p, 121 of GR (Viking) Roger looks at his watch, worn World War II 
style on the *inside* of his wrist. Does anyone know why people were doing 
this--Brits *and* Yanks as old timers will remember? I can see it for 
sailors. They might tell time without unbottoning the cuffs of their blouses, 
although most wore the sleeves turned up except for inspections and such. 
Did Van Johnson have *his* watch turned in, in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 
so that he could view the flight plan, penned jauntily onto his palm 
during briefing, and see his trusty time piece at the same time? Unless I 
missed it Steve Weisenburger's book does not have a note on this. It 
seems at least a curiosity.

					Pablo