BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 22:55:00
And we just did whatever we were told to do. and that's the easiest way to get on in the army. if the sergeant or the corporal says, "do it," you do it. a lot of the time i was trained in weapons, but because i had a little bit of a problem with one of my eyes, they thought that a rifle wasn't a good idea for me. and so they put me 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 in front and i was like tail end tommy, watching for aircraft, att...