Blackwood's Magazine, Volumes 261-262W. Blackwood, 1947 - England |
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Page 84
... waiting - room was packed , chiefly with soldiers on leave . really felt quite sorry hanging my dear old naval cap up beside the Nazi ones with their high , stiff brims . It was like leaving a friend alone with thieves . One could at ...
... waiting - room was packed , chiefly with soldiers on leave . really felt quite sorry hanging my dear old naval cap up beside the Nazi ones with their high , stiff brims . It was like leaving a friend alone with thieves . One could at ...
Page 299
... waiting in a great , bare room , off the main hangar , in company with some hundreds of other men who were also waiting to jump . There were benches for only a tenth of our number , so the unlucky ones stood in groups or lay uneasily on ...
... waiting in a great , bare room , off the main hangar , in company with some hundreds of other men who were also waiting to jump . There were benches for only a tenth of our number , so the unlucky ones stood in groups or lay uneasily on ...
Page 425
... waiting , she informed us , and the Queen would soon be in . hear the dance on board last night was marvellous , " she sighed enviously . " It was such a shame I was on duty and couldn't go . " 66 ' On duty ? " we echoed . " But if you ...
... waiting , she informed us , and the Queen would soon be in . hear the dance on board last night was marvellous , " she sighed enviously . " It was such a shame I was on duty and couldn't go . " 66 ' On duty ? " we echoed . " But if you ...
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