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Memories of Service 1 - James Easton

Web (Full Length) – 2015

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He said ‘we’ve been bombed.’ I said 'by who?' He said ‘by the Japs.’ I said 'what’ll I do?' He said ‘Well they might send paratroopers down.’ I said 'well I’ve got three bullets, what’ll I do when they’re gone?' And he said ‘use your bloody bayonet.'
– James Easton

They said don’t worry, the Japs are small, they’re blind, they can’t see, all this crap. They made us look like bloody idiots.
– James Easton

All of a sudden cholera started striking. You could get cholera in the morning and within eight hours you could die. We had no medicines, none at all.
– James Easton