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    Who else did this there’s 300,000 of us?
    1978 is the year I first went,though I never actually patrolled on foot.
    From what I am learning some of you went through hell,so many stories untold and history is being re written against us.


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    Quote Originally Posted by bwest76 View Post
    ... history is being re written against us.
    What do you mean?

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    A real soldier never tells of what he / she did in the province. Unless that person is a WALT.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MADDOG View Post
    A real soldier never tells of what he / she did in the province. Unless that person is a WALT.
    Wrong, unless I know 16,000 or more of them anyone bragging would be given short shrift.

    I didn’t do anything glamorous but I did my bit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MADDOG View Post
    A real soldier never tells of what he / she did in the province. Unless that person is a WALT.
    Damn right. That's also why I'll never reveal my role on the balcony of the Iranian embassy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bwest76 View Post
    Wrong, unless I know 16,000 or more of them anyone bragging would be given short shrift.

    I didn’t do anything glamorous but I did my bit.

    I never talk about my days in NI, but I did my bit.

    I think brag is the wrong word to use. People remember what they did.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Templogin View Post
    Ex Sneaky Beaky Maddog?
    No.

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    Why did this topic ever come to light. Was the OP that fed up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MADDOG View Post
    I never talk about my days in NI, but I did my bit.

    I think brag is the wrong word to use. People remember what they did.
    Why would anybody want to discuss anything related to this on a public forum?.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MADDOG View Post
    Why did this topic ever come to light. Was the OP that fed up.
    That's exactly what I thought...

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    Quote Originally Posted by stoneyloon View Post
    That's exactly what I thought...
    Ditchdigger/Soapy has form for it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MADDOG View Post
    A real soldier never tells of what he / she did in the province. Unless that person is a WALT.
    Steven Mitchell, CBE, DCM, MM was pretty explicit about what he did in his book Seven Troop; a person about as far from being a Walt as possible, I'd say.

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    The OP doesn’t even know the colour of the boathouse at Hereford...........

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    Quote Originally Posted by SimonK View Post
    Steven Mitchell, CBE, DCM, MM was pretty explicit about what he did in his book Seven Troop; a person about as far from being a Walt as possible, I'd say.
    I had the honour of meeting Steven, aka Andy McNab many years ago. I thought he was a very nice guy. He was doing a Q and A at Strike Command ( now Air Command ).

    He even signed a couple of his books , IA and B20 for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackal View Post
    The OP doesn’t even know the colour of the boathouse at Hereford...........
    By him starting a thread like this, I don't think he even know's what day of the week it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MADDOG View Post
    I had the honour of meeting Steven, aka Andy McNab many years ago. I thought he was a very nice guy. He was doing a Q and A at Strike Command ( now Air Command ).

    He even signed a couple of his books , IA and B20 for me.
    All his books are fiction,if you served you should be aware of what’s happening and lending your support.

    Dismissing what’s happening to your mates and what they are going through is bad form.



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    Quote Originally Posted by bwest76 View Post
    All his books are fiction,if you served you should be aware of what’s happening and lending your support.

    Dismissing what’s happening to your mates and what they are going through is bad form.


    I think most of us are fully aware of what is happening,but let the courts do there job. Nothing we can do on here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MADDOG View Post
    I think most of us are fully aware of what is happening,but let the courts do there job. Nothing we can do on here.
    I agree John, G&D is not really the place either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MADDOG View Post
    I think most of us are fully aware of what is happening,but let the courts do there job. Nothing we can do on here.
    A statement like that tells me all I need to know,let’s go back to talking about waiting lists and Rolex.

    It doesn’t bother me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bwest76 View Post
    A statement like that tells me all I need to know,let’s go back to talking about waiting lists and Rolex.

    It doesn’t bother me.
    I don't understand your reasoning behind all of this. It obviously does bother you as you keep responding.

    What these comments tell you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bwest76 View Post
    All his books are fiction,if you served you should be aware of what’s happening and lending your support.

    Dismissing what’s happening to your mates and what they are going through is bad form.
    Are you claiming some sort of immunity from prosecution for (alleged) crimes committed by British servicemen on active duty in NI? If so, why?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bwest76 View Post
    All his books are fiction,if you served you should be aware of what’s happening and lending your support.

    Dismissing what’s happening to your mates and what they are going through is bad form.



    I have a copy of ' Seven Troop '. If you had the time to read it them you will know that not all of Mr McNabs books are fiction. I think that your alittle bit deluded.

    Is there really something that you should be telling us. Hence this post. Do you have something to get off your chest.

    These servicemen who are being witch hunted were very young at the time of the incidents that they were caught up in and therefore did not get any backing from there officers. They carried out orders given to them as well you should now and the ghosts of years back have come back to haunt them unfortunately.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackal View Post
    The OP doesn’t even know the colour of the boathouse at Hereford...........
    Nice reference and a great film, massively underrated I always thought!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lampoc View Post
    Damn right. That's also why I'll never reveal my role on the balcony of the Iranian embassy.
    You are Kate Adie and I claim my £5

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