BBCNEWS We Were There - Episode Two June 4, 2024 14:49:00
We had to go down 350 steps! we had to sleep in the tunnels, eat in the tunnels, be on duty in the tunnels and, of course, chuckles, when we were coming off shift, we had to come up 350 steps, so it was a good thing we were young and fit. chuckles. the amount of activity in the tunnels — i mean, each tunnel contained a branch of communications. two months before d—day, i was given training on this vhf set, which was a small radio set. and i think vhf then was in its infancy. it was simple for us to operate. you mainly had to operate the levers up or down.