TY - BOOK ID - 137208133 TI - Belfast Diaries : A Gunner In Northern Ireland 1971-74 PY - 2013 SN - 1910294225 9781910294222 9781909384071 1909384070 PB - : Helion & Company, DB - UniCat KW - British -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. KW - Great Britain. -- Army -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. KW - Northern Ireland -- History -- 1969-1994 -- Sources. KW - Political violence -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century -- Personal narratives -- Sources. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137208133 AB - ""It's a very weird sensation to be shot at... Very often you see the gunman when it's too late or you don't see him at all. You might as well just be targets on a rifle range. I often wondered if I would get through this tour ok, and even now I still do... ""In the four-month period during 1971 that Gunner Stephen Corbett was stationed in Andersontown, Northern Ireland, 33 servicemen were killed by terrorist action in the province. His unit, 9 (Plassey) Bty, Royal Artillery, was attacked by a bomb, bullet or rioters on more than 400 occasions. In 1972 alone, the toll of service personnel kill ER -