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- A7431347
- People in story:听
- Leslie Harris
- Location of story:听
- Mediterranean, Sicily
- Article ID:听
- A4141603
- Contributed on:听
- 01 June 2005
Here's an idea of what food was like for a signalman at sea in the Mediterranean in 1941-2.
Our job was to take commmanders to Sicily and US rangers to Salerno. The problem was that bread would simply go sour in the heat. So it had to be thrown out. We ran out of flour! Instead, we were given hard tack biscuits and corned beef, dished up as a proper meal. When we complained once, I remember being told "Well, you did have turkey at Christmas!" And this, I think, was in August!
For lunch, we'd often have a mixed vegetable soup -- that filled you up. They gave us lime juice at 11.30am, and then run at 12 noon. You didn't mind what they gave you after the rum!
I did lose a lot of weight on that ship -- it did get bad. We're so lucky now -- it's amazing to see all the food in the shops all the time. It's far more than we need, I think.
THIS STORY WAS SUBMITTED TO THE PEOPLE'S WAR WEBSITE BY JOHN YOUNG OF 大象传媒 SOUTH EAST TODAY ON BEHALF OF LESLIE HARRIS AND HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE SITE WITH HIS PERMISSION. HE FULLY UNDERSTANDS THE SITE'S TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
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