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Let Me Fly
Mr. Sharpe talks about getting malaria and being told he would be sent home.
Couldn’t Wait To Fly
Mr. Sharpe talks about joining the RCAF on his 18th birthday.
Haunting Memories
Mr. Pitcairn discusses the sense of detachment he had from the immediate horrors of the battlefield, but having those memories haunt him in later years.
Mail From Home
Mr. Pitcairn describes the importance of mail from home, and his disappointment over not receiving enough letters himself.
Gas Masks
Mr. Pitcairn discusses the risk of gas attacks and compares the original flannel gas mask to the newer, more effective charcoal box filtered mask.
The Value of Horses
Mr. Pitcairn describes the value of horses, both as work animals and as a food source for the Germans.
He couldn’t understand what I wanted.
Mr. Savage describes sweeping a captured trench and taking a very modest souvenir from a captured German soldier.
They had a good business...oeufs and chips.
Mr. Savage describes an amusing remedy for lack of shelter while on leave, and discusses how friendly local women sold oeufs (eggs) and chips to the soldiers.
My great coat never dried the whole time I was there.
Mr. Savage describes being in the trenches for the first time, and some aspects of what life in the trenches was like.
You seldom saw a shattered cemetery.
Mr. Savage describes some divine inspiration in locating a safe place to sleep.
It means a day of grief, I lost a lot of friends.
Mr. Sandland reflects on English resilience, voluntary vs. conscripted military service, and on the loss of friends during conflict.
Anti-aircraft Fire
Mr. Power talks about a dangerous bombing mission in Bangkok.
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