"Oh, gosh. You wouldn't believe. And the ones we felt sorry for, was the ones that couldn't pass. Oh, they did want to go, you see. It was the money. They was getting such a pay, you know. You only get a few pound a week in those days, and when they got this money, they all wanted it. They didn't know what war was like. They'd never been to war. I don't suppose they'd seen it - they wouldn't see it on TV or anything would they, if it wasn't on".

ANNIE STURZAKER