Impact of overseas service on a young soldier and his family

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Viv Collins
Interviewed for MAOHP - 10/11/2017
Reference Code: IE_MA_MAC_006_MAOHP_0048_F
Location(s): Tibnin
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In this clip Viv considers the impact his service overseas had on him as a young man. He explains that he was twenty-two years old and was six months married when he went to Lebanon. Viv discusses the impact of his overseas service on his family, stating that his mother was in bits but his wife felt that she had married a soldier.

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