GUNNERS, SPECS, AND WHATNOTE

Gun Flash, Issue X, 6 March 1943, Page 3

GUNNERS, SPECS, AND WHATNOTE

Woliy I think 1 gave you a pretty fair Idea of the guns last timo so loti a pass on, shall we, to the Snocs/ How the Spec question is rather a difficult one because they ate highly technical and speak only in terms of ix?, or, on occasion, SyJ« They dash around over the hills carrying odd shaped bundles, taking angled here and there, and putting up poltes with white flags on them, so that they can find their way about* They got frightfully annoyed if anybody moves thorn, the poles I moan« They also sit up in the 0 pip looking for Japs and calcvl culating the mean density of a Sergeant* s brain® And of course they have tho plotting room, but nobody is allowed in there because they must concentrate and they sit in there talking to 1h0.P., who has rung up to say that there is a ship coming" over the reef and it* a either a sweeper or an aircraft carrier and the bearing is about. three hundred and flinty one degrees or something » •Sometimes they let balloons go up and watch then til?, they go out of sight: ( then they ring the guns ; and say ’’Add throe”, or something like, that* Nobody knows why this 'is because it’s so highly technical ® ’'"'And' then of course there are the Sigs Thu de? occupations are neverorally: ~ (a) Working the exchange and curb prising everybody new and th on by giving a right numbera This ent ir 0 I dlscx•gaj lis e s the i r communicall on s s yst ent (b) Talking on tho ’’Walkie-Talkie", saying "Hullo Hobo, Boho calling, I get you about seven"© This is intimately related to (c) The Earbaud Defence Line® This was nut in to onfole tho sigs# to got plenty of fresh air and pract ic e ? and exercise., (d) Ringing up everybody at frequent intervals and saying "Testing - Gimme a buzs" 3 (e) Building boats► The Drivers a During tho night tho drivers go to bed in the ordinary way but during tho day they prefer bo"lie in tho dirt under a truck or Jeep reaching out occasionally for an odd spanner or something of that sort« They emerge at mealtimes, which is a great relief to those who think they have boon victimfl of a no motorlng'acc on o There also the Odds ••kind"Ends but nobody knows why they are here so I an afraid I can’t tell you anything of then without fur ther•inv csti gation*