2nd February
Nothing really happening, a few shots over the CP nothing major, patrols were not contacted they just seem to be hitting us a night now. G came back, and he went back out onto patrol where he got hit, think that was good for him to help him in a way you know. Apart from that had a bit of time to sort my shit out, a little rearranged of the sleeping situation, sorting out and cleaning my doss bag as it hummed! That’s it can’t write anything if nothing happening.
Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman dies at age 46.
The President of South Africa lifts the 30-year ban on leading anti-apartheid group the African National Congress.
Reports from Lebanon say Church of England envoy Terry Waite has been kidnapped by an Islamic militia group.
Sid Vicious dies from drugs overdose.
Angry demonstrators burn the British Embassy in Dublin to the ground in protest at the shooting dead of 13 people in Londonderry on Sunday.
One week after toppling the regime of Ugandan leader Milton Obote, Major General Idi Amin declares himself president of Uganda and chief of the armed forces
First U.S. Air Force plane crashes in South Vietnam.
United States rejects proposal for conference with Stalin.
Encircled German troops in Stalingrad surrender, ending one of the bloodiest battles in history.
Zeppelin crashes into North Sea.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
Alexander Selkirk is rescued after four years on a Pacific island, the inspiration for 'Robinson Crusoe'.
This is the real diary of a soldier who fought on the frontline in Afghanistan. In his own words, Pte.C.Burtenshaw 3011 6964 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, writes a brutally honest account of his experiences, not just as his therapy, but for his children.
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