She said,'What are you supposed to do?' I said, 'I'm supposed to stop Hitler's army landing.' She said, 'What! - you?' I said, 'No - there's Charlie Evans, Dick Roberts...I said, 'There's seven or eight of us, altogether.' I said, 'We're in a group.' I said, 'We're on guard in a little hut behind the Dog and Pullet.' She said, 'What's the good of being in a little hut behind the Dog and Pullet?' She said, 'I suppose that was your idea!' I said, 'Aye, and that Charlie Evans wants to claim it as his!'

'Well,' she said, 'All the young fellas'll be getting called up and you'll have to go back to work!' Ooh - she's got a cruel tongue!

She said, 'Do you know this Hitler? Have you ever met him?' I said, 'Do I - of course I don't!' She said, 'Well how are you going to know which is him if they …

The day war broke out, my Missus said to me - she looked at me and she said, 'What good are you?'

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With luck we will be able to repulse the invaders before they land. At any rate, I can say that we will be able to destroy the major part of an invading force.…

I'd like to see a more aggressive attitude on the part of the United States. That doesn't mean launching an immediate preventive war. ... Native analysts may l…