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Last Ambulance From Dunkirk
I am a Dunkirk Veteran aged 95 now, and this is my real-life story of my Dunkirk experience.
I was attached as an ambulance Driver to the 159 Welsh Ambulance Unit. I was one of three ambulances ferrying wounded from a Dunkirk Dressing Station, and the Germans were only two miles away. After the other two ambulances had left My vehicle was the only one left , and was the last away. I lefy with the Officer Surgeon and the remaining wounded, and with shells dropping all around we eventually made it back to the jetty. When the vehicle immediately in front of me was hit by a shell, I'm not ashamed to admit that I kept going by saying the Lords Prayer to myself, as we hurrily loaded the wounded onto the Royal Navy Destroyer , and disabled the Ambulance by a machine gun burst through the engine.
It was great to share my experiences after 60 years which still remain vividly in my memory after all this time..
Tom

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