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Hold your position men
Mr Smith tells us about the time German tanks were creatively hidden.
Pushing your luck
During a fight, taking a direct hit was one way of getting out of a bad situation.
Armored division
Mr. Smith describes how they were tasked with finding other roads and trails to get to places to avoid mines, and some of the ways they detected mines.
Carpiquet airport
Mr. Smith talks about the importance of taking the airport at Carpiquet, France.
Mine Sweeping
Mr. Smith talks about the mine sweeping they did on Juno beach.
Juno Beach
Mr. Smith explains that during the first days of the invasion he waited at sea for his chance to arrive.
Rules for leave
Mr. Smith explains the rules that affected one’s permission to go on leave.
Patrolling the English coast
Mr. Smith recalls arriving in England and his first posting.
Joining the army
Mr. Smith talks about his decision to join the army.
Dutch retribution
Ms. Drean describes seeing, while in Barneveld, Dutch collaborators being marched off to what she felt was to be their execution. She also talks about having female collaborators, whose heads had been shaved, as assistants, and expresses some empathy for these young women.
Pigeonholing
Ms. Drean describes how she had been taught a technique at nursing school to deal with the stresses of nursing, called pigeonholing. This technique taught her to compartmentalize her thoughts so that she could forget the stresses of nursing while on her free time.
Dutch charity and a revelation
Ms. Drean describes being billeted with a Dutch family and always finding a glass of wine in her room after a long day's work. Her host family then shows her a secret room used to shelter escaping airmen who had been shot down.
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