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Memories of Service 5 - Ron Childs
Web (Full Length) – 2017
I wanted to be prepared; I wanted to know how to handle a rifle or weaponry so I joined the Territorials at 18.– Ron Childs
Life was so real and it was unpredictable. Every day you didn't know what was going to happen next.– Ron Childs
I got a million candle power flash through the searchlight. When they opened it up, they opened it up unexpectedly … the young fellow who was manning the light opened the door while I still had my head half in.– Ron Childs, on damaging his eyes in Wellington
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