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Originally Posted by Ron Goldstein  In 1942 we still could hardly call ourselves "well prepared".
In December '42 I found myself defending the Yorkshire coastline as follows:
"Quite apart from our training we were also called upon to man pillboxes along the coast against the always threatening German invasion of England. Despite our best intentions we could never take this very seriously particularly when we found ourselves manning a pill box on a deserted strip of the coast outside Whitby armed with only a Lee Enfield rifle and five rounds of ammunition." |
In Belize, during the falklands campaign, we were issued with live ammo. However, it was kept in a locked drawwer within the guard hut and the RAF Policeman who did guard duty with us had the key!