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Ron Goldstein · 17-03-2008, 06:11 PM

Adam

In the two years during which the site was at its most active I was a site helper and had many a battle with the authorities myself over information that was being placed on the site that was factually incorrect.

Whenever I (and several of my friends) complained we were told that "perceived histories" were of equal value to those that were historically correct and that the way was always open to us to correct any mis-information via the added "comments" .

What the BBC never took into account was the present situation when the archives became sealed.

Ron

ps

I remember having at least one success in correcting mis-information

BBC - WW2 People's War - Victory Celebrations, 8th June 1946

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Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London, England Posts: 2,398	Adam In the two years during which the site was at its most active I was a site helper and had many a battle with the authorities myself over information that was being placed on the site that was factually incorrect. Whenever I (and several of my friends) complained we were told that "perceived histories" were of equal value to those that were historically correct and that the way was always open to us to correct any mis-information via the added "comments" . What the BBC never took into account was the present situation when the archives became sealed. Ron ps I remember having at least one success in correcting mis-information BBC - WW2 People's War - Victory Celebrations, 8th June 1946 __________________ If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? Rabbi Hillel circa 30 BCE I was "Called-up" in Oct 1942 Served as a Driver/Op (Wireless Operator) with the 49th LAA (78 Div) from Apr 1943 to Dec 1944 (North Africa,Sicily,Italy, Egypt). The Regiment was disbanded in Dec 1944 and I was retrained (in Italy) by the RAC I then served as Loader/Op with the 4th QOH (56 Div) from Mar 1945 to Jan 1946 (Italy, Austria, Germany) finally finishing up as Tech Cpl. for "A" Sqdrn. I was "De-mobbed" in Apr 1947 Last edited by Ron Goldstein; 17-03-2008 at 06:17 PM.