As a demolition sergeant

We were called on to lay mine fields.

But never laid one in ww2.

Too busy removing the enemies.

This was a very stressful job,

As one false move and it was your last.

If you found a mine field

The simplest way was to blow it up.

Conditions dictated what course

Of action you had to take.

Just removing a mine seems simple,

But the enemy always had mines attached.

In other words one mine might have

Several, under or beside it.

Some times yards away in a ditch,

Where some would take cover.

When the mine was moved,

Those in the ditch blew up.

This only worked once,

But it had a deadly effect.