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On another occasion, I was asked if I would like to have the opportunity to fly in the group...
In 1943 we went every where, to the Far East, to the top end of Ireland, Greenland, America, Spain, Brazil...
The Japanese controlled nearly 戮 of the world's product of Quinine, but they wouldn't give it...
Eddie,a Leeds tailor's cutter, and, during the war, a Gunner in 67th Field Regiment, Royal...
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Dad met a young eighteen year old Belgian girl, my Mam "Yvonne ". Mam, who was left to bring up her...
I joined the Royal West Kent's infantry in Maidstone in 1940 and after initial training I was...
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