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Page 162
We had arranged that my quota was to be 2400 , about double the normal capacity of the ship . Now a ship is a tricky thing to find your way about even by day , and to embark and accommodate thousands of troops upon an unknown ship in ...
We had arranged that my quota was to be 2400 , about double the normal capacity of the ship . Now a ship is a tricky thing to find your way about even by day , and to embark and accommodate thousands of troops upon an unknown ship in ...
Page 164
From then on throughout the day wave after wave of enemy planes came at us in determined attempts to sink anything that moved the sea . on Up on deck in the early spring sunshine the ship presented an extraordinary sight .
From then on throughout the day wave after wave of enemy planes came at us in determined attempts to sink anything that moved the sea . on Up on deck in the early spring sunshine the ship presented an extraordinary sight .
Page 166
Half an hour's preparation and we were ready to clear the ship , and with two gangways down and each man in possession of a slip of paper giving his particulars , name , and unit to hand to the staff ashore , the whole mixture of units ...
Half an hour's preparation and we were ready to clear the ship , and with two gangways down and each man in possession of a slip of paper giving his particulars , name , and unit to hand to the staff ashore , the whole mixture of units ...
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