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Military history and past events only. Rants or inflamitory comments will be removed.
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Drader
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Wales, United Kingdom
Member Since: July 20, 2004
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 10:52 PM UTC
Author and Burma veteran

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7169047.stm

I'll be off later to look for a copy of 'Quartered safe out of here' - can't believe I never got around to reading it.

David
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Aarhus, Denmark
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 11:34 PM UTC
Wonderfull books, very funny and a lot of real history on top.

Thanks for the info.

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Dublin, Ireland
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Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 01:12 AM UTC
'Quartered safe out here' is very good as are the McAuslan stories. The Flashman books are also a great read.
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