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Memories of Service 1 - Ron Mayhill
Web (Full Length) – 2015
Once you’re in a war there’s no way out. It’s not just courage — you’re on a treadmill and you know what you’re facing and we just decided: right, if you’re going to get killed we’re going to sell our lives dearly and we’re going to fight.– Ron Mayhill
The German defences were very, very strong and very, very good. You know we respected them, there was no hatred there for the Germans. I just felt, we all did, these Luftwaffe guys are pretty good, they went through the same experiences that we did.– Ron Mayhill
What they are doing is fantastic. It is terribly important work — it is history. When these men are gone, the history goes with them.– Silverdale and Districts RSA president Frank Coggan on the Memories of Service project, RSA Review, Spring 2015
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