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Old Para

Eamon1943

proper brummie kid
Maida barracks in the sixties square bashing one two three
A sergeant & a corporal screaming orders down on me

Weeks of basic training ways of making you a man
Trainasium test of strength & nerve that is who I am

Basic Wales & mountain runs they think you are a sheep
Shouting out their orders disruptive lack of sleep

The log race & the milling a gruelling test of you
Painful exhaustive training finally gets you through

Abingdon in the hangers as we dangled from up high
Loading us into a basket hoisted up into the sky

Blackburn Beverley aircraft seemingly rather slow
Shuffle along in your harness & out the door you go !

Eamon 1943
 
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