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Just after the war at the age of six my mother sent me to the post office across the road. The road was always quiet as there was very little traffic. A bus or bicycle would pass every ten minutes and a car every three hours due to the lack of petrol. I ran across the road without looking, as there was rarely traffic, when I heard a loud mangled scream. I was suddenly aware of a huge object that had stopped beside me; it was a huge American tank. I ran and hid under a tree I was so scared. Helmets appeared from the top of the tank and all of a sudden things were flying towards me, the soldiers were throwing things at me. I lay still as the tanks drove off; I was too scared to move. I finally got up and realised that the objects that had been thrown at me were Wrigley鈥檚 chewing gum! I couldn鈥檛 believe it I was so excited. After that I had so much respect for Americans that I eventually immigrated to America.

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