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No one can say that the Home Guard lads of the Dover and Folkestone area, on the English channel, aren't ready for any evantuality. Here they indulge (...)
No one can say that the Home Guard lads of the Dover and Folkestone area, on the English channel, aren't ready for any evantuality. Here they indulge (...)

No one can say that the Home Guard lads of the Dover and Folkestone area, on the English channel, aren't ready for any evantuality. Here they indulge (...)

Date4/10/1943
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Original Toronto Star caption: No one can say that the Home Guard lads of the Dover and Folkestone area; on the English channel; aren't ready for any evantuality. Here they indulge in realistic street fighting; and prepare to deal with an invader by means of a Molotav cocktail.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
    Object NumberTSPA_0002303F
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