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Of my eyes, they thought that a rifle wasnt a good idea for me. and so, they put us on bren guns. in fact, for a period of time in africa, i was a twin bren gunner, and that meant that i was sitting on a very small vehicle with two bren guns pointing backwards — with the convoy was in front and i was like tail—end tommy watching for aircraft attacking from behind. or if i was at the front, then i did the same again. but they thought because of the eye problem, that i was better with the twin...

On occasions as you were driving along particular roads, everything was fine, no problems. and it happens just like that. you hear a buzz, you look up, theres somebody throwing bits and pieces at you, so you fight them back. do what youre trained to do — turn your machine—gun in the direction of whatever it is thats attacking you and let go. yeah. it happened that many — just like going out in the dry and getting wet. when i was about 19 and i was living near hampton court bridge, a german...

Along particular roads, everything was fine, no problems. and it... it happensjust like that. you hear the buzz, you look up. theres somebody throwing bits of pieces at you. so you fire back, do what youre trained to do. turn your machine gun in the direction of whatever it is thats attacking you and let go. yeah, it happened. itsjust like going out in the dry and getting wet. they had a lot of stuff that we werent able to get. i mean, theirfood was 100% better than ours. if you got a corned bee...