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SSM. John Alcock CdeG.
British Army 2nd Regiment Special Air Service
from:Goole, Yorkshire
In 1943 my father, SSM Jack Alcock of 2nd Special Air Service Regiment landed at Taranto after crossing the med from Algiers. After landing his 22 man unit pushed ahead of the parachute regiment to secure a cross roads in the town and then they moved further to secure the airfield. Whilst patrolling he literally bumped into a German soldier in a farmyard who fired first. He missed so my father let rip with his Bren Gun which nearly cut the man in half. The German paratrooper had been looting and attempting to carry a chicken which hampered his reactions and aim.

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