In the Army Now - The joy of the Armed ForcesI've never been a soldier. I was an air cadet once, but that mostly involved sitting in a mouldy hut learning about aeroplane engines with the hint that one day we might go flying.
Yet, anyone who has spent time defending their nation, or at least drinking bromide-laced-tea for their nation, must have stories to tell. Tell them now.
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chthonic, Thu 23 Mar 2006, 18:26)
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Stealing a NAAFI TruckMy Uncle (god rest his soul) was in the RAF during the second world war as a radio operator.
I don't know if this is true or how embellished the story became but my dad once told me that Uncle Doug was at Dunkirk and was trudging to the beach to be evacuated when him and a pal came across an abandoned NAAFI truck (though it was probably just parked up!) filled to the gunnels with goodies such as chocolate, tea, coffee, soap etc. Not wanting to leave this for Jerry to pick up they got in and set off in it.
Somehow they avoided the beach and ended up driving South all the way to Santander in Northern Spain!.
Then it all went wrong because their plan was to get the goodies back to jolly old blighty and make a few shekels but nobody would take them AND the truck. I don't know what happened to the stuff, but I guess they sold it, but my Uncle and his pal made it back home to a warm welcome from the RAF and a colossal bollocking from my Grandma as he had been missing presumed dead for about three months!!
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