Great Escape hero's journal of getaway plot uncovered
"My role in the tunnel was varied. I began as a member of a group of fellows who played for hours and hours with a medicine ball. We formed a circle and threw the darned thing around until I hated the sight of it," he wrote.Vivian Phillips' journal, alongside his war medals, are being auctioned
Mr Phillips, who was imprisoned from 1943 to 1945 and died in 1997, also told of how their plot was foiled by German officers. "Also, one developed a mania of saving and hiding bits and pieces. A piece of string, a rusty bit of wire, a bent nail - anything that one thinks might come in handy for that great event - escape. Everyone had their one secret little hiding place - and not all of them were found by the Germans on their frequent searches either."
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