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Adventures in Africa
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Should National Service be reintroduced?
Kenny Napier -
I look back now and think, how on earth could I have done it?
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We were the sorriest set of recruits I could ever remember.
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I followed my brother into the RAF
Peter Keane -
I was meeting people from all over the country
Sheldon Skeete -
I'm just like a normal lad from Leicester
Jacob Heath -
On a whim, really, I went into Cardiff and joined up in the WAAF because I wanted to serve.
Olga Hopkins -
We thought so much of Mr Churchill, we looked upon as the person with the right leadership mentality.
Olga Hopkins -
My older brother Harvey said I should get married because it was embarrassing, his words, embarrassing, having an old maid for a sister.
Wendy Parker -
I was sitting in traffic on the the M25, and I just thought, I can't do this. So the next day I went and joined.
Jason Sutton -
Once there was a dormitory with 60 other people
Harry Apiafi