A real-life reflection of his persona in The Great Escape.

… time it was not unusual. After Basic Training at Parris Island he was assigned to an armored unit; he was promoted six times and then demoted back to private seven times for various and sundry infractions, most of them due to a youthful lack of discipline. The most egregious violation occurred when he went AWOL for two weeks to spend time with his girlfriend. For that he was sentenced to 41 days in the brig.
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Simon Dillon
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A real-life reflection of his persona in The Great Escape.
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Written by Simon Dillon
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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