‘I went forward to check this place out and when I was moving forward I tripped a mine and it blew my leg off. If you are the leader of the push, if you go down, if things don’t work properly, you’ll all go down. You’ll all end up dead. It’s what you gotta do. You’re no good to them dead, you know, you’re no good to them dead. That’s it, it’s a fact of life. They say life is a death sentence and numerous reprieves, make the best of it.’