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Captain Woodward accepted the mike from the Worcester signaller and identified himself... Captain Woodward...
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The Chief Of Police believed, that my colleague could speak Italian and that he was only shamming that he...
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El Alamein At the battle of El Alamein I was with an echelon of 12 guns, as a port茅e driver. He...
When a good fire was blazing in the grate, I filled the earthenware jar with water, placed it in the middle...
The camp at first appearance looked like an ordinary British hutted camp surrounded by the usual double...
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