Going to the toilet under fire

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Seamus McDermott
Interviewed for MAOHP - 13/10/2016
Reference Code: IE_MA_MAC_006_MAOHP_008_G
Location(s): Elizabethville
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Here, Corporal Seamus McDermott describes life in a military camp under the constant threat of fire and offers one example of how military personnel kept themselves safe while using the toilet at night time.

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