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Old 06-05-2008, 09:41 PM   #58 (permalink)
Tom Canning
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Not wishing to fall into the gorge was the primary consideration - but it did'nt dawn on us until later that we might have become P.O.W.'s as we were only armed with our hand guns ! Fortune smiled however and we were able to proceed to make the other side P.O.W.'s - The astonishing thing was that The Bailey Bridge exceeded ti's limts by some 15 tons or thereabout a truly remarkable performance.
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