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06-11-2008, 14:32
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Shoes, Boobs & Corsets
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: The fastest town in Scotland
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1939-45 Defence Medal 1939-45 Star Africa Star France & Germany Star Italy Star I remember him telling me once that there they had set up camp in the middle of nowhere. All of a sudden they spotted incoming enemy aircraft. Everyone dived for the nearest cover; ditches, under trucks, behind the makeshift buildings. It wasn't until after the air raid that he realised he had dived under a fuel bowser 
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06-11-2008, 13:05
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Chef extraordinaire
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Infinite Loop
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awww Mubs what a lovely gesture
 It does very much seem to be with the generation of "not wanting to trouble people" glad he got them in the end.
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06-11-2008, 17:31
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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My granddad had 3 or 4 medals, they have been passed down to me, my granddad would never talk to my dad (his son) about his time in the army but he told my mum a lot of things.
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06-11-2008, 17:34
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HOMO-Sapien
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chelmsford
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I love stories like that. My Granded served as a Royal Engineer and was often sent into enemy territory to sniff out mines, plant them, construction work and so on. I always remember him telling me about guys that would pick up souvenirs that were either booby trapped or snipper sighted.
He got captured and was PoW for over 2 years. He never saw my aunt until she was about 3.. Not sure he knew about her
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