Entry Text: | HARRISSON, J. A. B., & GALSWORTHY, H. J. P A D Or Minesweeper Nonsense Verses. 55p., illus. Winchester: Warren & Son, 1944.
An anthology of exchanges of signals in verse between two motor minesweepers on the English South Coast in the days leading up to the Normandy invasion. PAD was a warning at the start of a signal that because of its length a signal pad would be required to take it down. |
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