Early days of training in the army (late 1950s)

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Peter Feely
Interviewed for MAOHP - 23/06/2016
Reference Code: IE_MA_MAC_006_MAOHP_001_H
Location(s): Glen of Imaal
Length: 2.16

In this piece of audio taken from an interview on 24th June 2016, you will hear retired Colonel Peter Feely, a veteran of the Congo and one of three Platoon Commanders at the Battle of the Tunnel (December 1961). Colonel Feely was one of 14 men from 'A' Company of 36th Battalion, who received a DSM (Distinguished Service Medal). Here, Colonel Feely remembers his early training days in the Glen of Imaal, a remote glen in the mountains of western Wicklow.

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