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Originally Posted by Von Poop That's the sort of thing I thought this thread might be handy for.
I really like Duxford but I had no idea they ran tours of the excellent land hall. WW2 veterans or later? Sounds well worth sorting. |
The one that I tagged onto was later. He clearly had ended up as a senior officer who served from the mid 50's to the early 80's. Some of the stories he gave were the sort of small things that happened during the cold war such as during meetings with Russians the officers of both sides would be pontificating standing up for their own side, while the ordinary squadies were outside running a black market in odds and sods sucn as Zippo lighters for Russian Caps, that sort of thing.
His joy at 18 being given Saracens for his platoon with its small turret, until his sargent pointed out that if you were relying on on an LMG you were already in to much trouble already.
Basically the sort of thing that brings history to life.