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More stories A Marine's Tale Part 1 After Dalditch ,which we left without much regret , the bulk of our squad was drafted to the R.M. Siege... A Marine's Tale Part 2 In early Summer 1943 we were transferred en masse to Combined Operations and arrived on a sunny Saturday... A Marine's Tale Part 3 There followed a period of intensive training involving many practice landings along the South Coast and we... A Marine's Tale Part 4 On one occasion we recovered a living being.He was an American pilot who came overhead in a very sick plane... A Marine's Tale Part 5 The hospital ship sailed that same evening and docked that night in Portsmouth ,we were then taken by... A Marine's Tale Part 6 The pier was really just a short ,ramshackle jetty ,but it was home to us and G6 ,which lay alongside.It... A Marine's Tale Part 7 A few more days took us through the Gulf of Aden and across the Arabian Sea to the Indian port of Bombay... < Previous page \| You are on page 1 of 1 \| Next page > \| 1 \| Back to top

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