"We had to get the boats ready for the invasion down at Chichester, and then get them to a spot near Portsmouth where the fleet was assembled.The most unpleasant part was cleaning out the boats on their return when we had to remove all the blood and bullets and on one occasion, a finger."
Thursday, 23 August 2018
A Finger
Today's wartime information, from the memoir of a lady who was in the women's naval service:
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