THE AUTHOR'S PHOTO ALBUM
Slit trenches and jeeps
 Slit trench in an olive orchard at Enfidaville, Tunisia. Dust in the air on the left of the photograph is from a mortar stonk which landed nearby. |
 Another slit trench in the Enfidaville olive grove |
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 A Company intelligence officer Lt Coleman driving the jeep , with his batman beside him. Roger Smith, author of 'Up the Blue', was a 'Don-R' with A Company's signals platoon, and drove one of these American made Willys Jeeps during most of his service in North Africa. In the background is a standard issue Chevy three-tonner. |
 Inspecting a bomb crater after the disastrous attack shortly after the battle of Tebaga Gap, in Tunisia. The vehicle beside the jeep is a Dodge 1500 cwt pickup. |