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| Release date : 2020-04-06 |
| ISBN/ISSN : N/A |
| Language : English |
| Format : PDF |
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| "Unexploded bomb!" That dreaded cry would send shivers down the spine of |
| the bravest man. Yet, for Lieutenant Bill Seddon of the Bomb Disposal |
| Company, it was all in the line of duty. Every day he faced the task of |
| defusing these devilish devices with the same outward coolness. |
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| But now the strain was beginning to show. Bill's hands were trembling |
| as he lifted the fuse mechanism from the dull-grey 250kg bomb which lay |
| before him. His nerves had been stretched to their limit, and death now |
| stared him in the face. All it would take wasà |
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| One False Moveà |
| Foreword |
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| Colonel Mike Brooke OBE, former Commanding Officer 33 |
| Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) |
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| 2015 is a special year for Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal as it is |
| exactly 75 years since the original Bomb Disposal Teams were formed in |
| 1940 in response to a terrible threat facing the United Kingdom from |
| Nazi Germany. There are commemorations in the Bomb Disposal Regiments |
| culminating in a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral in |
| October. St Paul's Cathedral has a special place in our hearts since it |
| could well have been destroyed by a German aerial delivered bomb which |
| penetrated 30 feet into the road just outside the Cathedral but failed |
| to detonate. Lieutenant Robert Davies RE and his team were immediately |
| deployed to tackle it. At huge risk to themselves, the bomb was made |
| safe and removed by Lance Corporal George Wylie. Their incredible |
| bravery in the face of certain death earned them each the George Cross, |
| Britain's highest award for gallantry not in the face of the enemy! |
| It's hard to imagine that the average life expectancy of Bomb Disposal |
| Officers and their Number 2s was just 7-9 weeks in Central London at |
| the height of the Blitz! The Nation owes them a lotàand you can read |
| about their heroism inside this graphic Commando comic. |
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| But the story of Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal doesn't stop at World |
| War II. Each year since 1945, Explosive Ordnance Teams have been busy |
| dealing with every type of bomb, shell or missile wherever the threat |
| to military and/or civilian personnel occurred. In the aftermath of the |
| 1st Gulf War in 1991, some 5 million items were safely dealt with once |
| Sadam Hussein had been booted out of Kuwaitàequally, ex-members of the |
| 33/101 Engineer Regiments (EOD) have been employed in lots of civilian |
| explosive ordnance disposal companies helping to make safe civilian |
| populations all over the world, particularly in Africa and the Far East |
| in places like Vietnam. |
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| So, as you dip into this comic, which I thoroughly recommend, please |
| remember the 'unsung heroes' of Royal Engineer Bomb/Explosive Ordnance |
| Disposal Units, some of whom paid the ultimate price to make our world |
| a safer place. |
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| Note: Originally published as Commando No 1329 (June 1979) and was |
| re-issued as No 2635 (February 1993). |
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| "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to |
| stop reading them." - Ray Bradbury |
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|_ .nfo by gRISKOKARE/iMPURE!aSCII 1940. _|
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