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Landing on the Beaches of Sicily
Mr. Hyde’s squadron reached Sicily and he describes their going ashore.
Decoding German signals
Mr. Pollak recounts how he went directly into service after landing in England and how his unit had three years experience intercepting and decoding German signals before they went over to Normandy in June 1944. He then describes the makeup of the unit and the duties they had.
Logistics of Bridge Building
Mr. McCabe describes bridge building techniques, and the different weight tolerances required depending on the type of traffic expected to cross.
Mine Sweeping
Mr. McCabe describes mine sweeping, identifying Teller and Shoe mines, and the danger posed by each.
Diphtheria Epidemic
Ms. Sloan describes her medical involvement during a diphtheria epidemic during the “push to the Rhine” and how fortunate they were to have sufficient supplies of penicillin, penathol and plasma to treat the casualties
Medical Wards
Ms. Sloan describes in detail the structure and setup for each medical ward required in the army camp.
Hospital Logistics
Ms. Sloan describes the logistics and organization of setting up a 600 bed hospital and camp with the billions of tons of equipment required.
Take no prisoners
Mr. Anderson describes the many locations in which he saw action, with emphasis on the Hindenburg Line and the handling of prisoners.
Canteens and estaminets
Mr. Bond describes several aspects of camp life.
The bullet hit me!
Mr. Bond describes a sniping incident advancing toward Amiens. He shoots a German and is in turn badly wounded and carried out by his officer.
Duties of a runner
Mr. Bond describes the role of runners; maintaining communications with the flanks when shelling disabled the radio communications system.
Lewis gunner
Mr. Bond describes his initial training as a Lewis gunner, and then being offered and accepting a position as runner.
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