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They started to crash through it

Mr. Hall describes action at Caen and Cardonville.

He’s the first guy I saw dead on the beach

Mr. Hall describes the chaos of D-Day and a chance meeting with his brother.

They’d be wringin’ wet with salt water

Mr. Hall tells a poignant story about having to sort mail jettisoned at sea

They went about their daily work

Mr. Hall describes his arrival in England and the immediate impact of the Battle of Britain.

The ship’s Captain had seen a torpedo coming

Mr. Hall describes sailing to England.

I never did learn to swim

Mr. Hall discusses some unique aspects of basic training.

Bombing alone

Technology has advanced over the years, but during the Second World War sometimes it was more a distraction. Mr. West recalls during one bombing run that his pilot, annoyed by the static on the airwaves, ordered that the radios be turned off, subsequently missing the order to turn back to base. Mr. West's plane was the only one who made the target and dropped their bombs.

Dangers of close formation flying

During bombing runs, air craft would fly dangerously close to one another. Mr. West talks about the dangers of bumping into another plane while large groups of aircraft were flying together.

The loss of two engines

Mr. West tells us how the plane he was travelling on lost two engines while taking enemy anti-aircraft flak. The pilot had prepared the crew to parachute from the plane but he managed to keep the aircraft in the air long enough to make a unannounced emergency landing back in Britain.

Someone will jump on your running board

Mr. Parsons describes delivering ordinance to gunnery positions in blackout conditions.

Something flashed . . . a German sniper

Mr. Parsons describes zeroing a battery of gun in, on a sniper position.

I gave her my socks and my shoes

Mr. Parsons describes living briefly with a Dutch family and a short-lived romance.

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