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'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
An old armourer from WWII who set up the guns on Rottnest island here said there was nothing like the crack of a 3.7" firing just savage he said. Sadly cannot have those conversations anymore as he passed away @3 years ago now Jack Macormack RIP who always greeted you with "Whats your main worry...."
Made me smile 2:30 into the above video, Royal Marines I believe clearly made to wear their caps as they test drove the tracked "machine gun" carriage over rough ground
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Here's another one thats interesting to watch
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
Looks just like the Australian travel correspondent Alan Wicker, remember him?
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
"...made to wear their caps..." A soldier is not dressed without his hat on. Neither is a Real Marine. snicker.
Those MGs were probably "In action" on the Salisbury Plain long before Dunkerque. Those gunners and their guns would not survive being in the open and sitting on top of each other with the Sgt. flapping his arms around.