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I found this movie a while back on Youtube - it has a number of people in it of my acquaintance and one officer who was my immediate boss in the early 1980s when I was in BRIXMIS. It's well-worth a look, even if you can't make any connection between what these gallant folks were doing on a daily basis, sometimes many times over, in their own country, and your own lives. A number died, and even more were badly injured for life and never healed up. Many ended up 'meeting the Queen' for a medal - my former boss was one of them. His QGM - Queen's Gallantry Medal - was earned many times over, but only awarded once.
It's important to note that every single man here volunteered to do it. And to go back again and again...this article was made in the late 1970s.
...and this one was made by three survivors - again, worth a watch. Also to note that almost all of early US expertise in EOD practice was taught at the School of Ammunition, Kineton, by some of the people you see in these two movies.
It's important to note that every single man here volunteered to do it. And to go back again and again...this article was made in the late 1970s.
...and this one was made by three survivors - again, worth a watch. Also to note that almost all of early US expertise in EOD practice was taught at the School of Ammunition, Kineton, by some of the people you see in these two movies.
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