The Secrets of WW2's Women Soldiers
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Grace, Tessa, Did You Want to Help Out When War Breaked Out in 1939?
In 19 39, i didn't think about going into the army. No, i wasn't old enough anyway. But i decided to join up in 19 forty one. To cut a long story short, i had my very first boy friend was in the army. And we used to meet to go to dances. I always did a lot of dancing. A few months after we'd been meeting he told me hehad been transferred. He was sent out to port sat. So there's me grace thinking it was all about patriotism and winston churchill speeches,. You just, ir didnt let boy io. know you were 16 anywhere.
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