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The Day I Ran Away To Join The Foreign Legion

ByAllan Cockerill December 16, 2007December 16, 2007

This post is for Robbie and John, and all the other vets who couldn’t return to a normal life after Vietnam! Looking back on my teens, I still laugh about the day I ran away to join the army! The year was 1971, and I was just over one year away from compulsory military service….

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And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

ByAllan Cockerill December 5, 2007April 24, 2015

The Battle of Gallipoli was fought from April to December, 1915. The aim of the attack was to open a supply route via the Dardanelles for the Russians on the Eastern front. The Dardanelles is a narrow strait in North Western Turkey, linking the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. At that time, the…

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