- När vi kom till Gaza 1960 slogs jag av dofterna och oväsendet. Gränsen mot Israel var bara ett streck i backen och några oljefat målade i FN-färgerna ljusblått och vitt, säger Ragnar Johansson. - Andra vändan till Gaza, 1962, var jag ren adminstratör. Min arbetsplats låg i FN-högkvarteret i Gaza City. Vi satt i samma korridor som högdjuren, bland annat generalen, en storväxt indier. Vi försökte kika så att han inte skulle komma i korridoren, för då måste vi ställa oss i givakt, säger Ragnar Johansson. - Jag bodde i Villa 85 och delade rum med ytterligare två FN-svenskar. "When we arrived in Gaza in 1960, I was struck by the smells and the noise. The border with Israel was just a line on the ground and a few oil drums painted in the UN colors of light blue and white," says Ragnar Johansson. "In 1962, I served with the UN in Battalion 15. My workplace was at the UN headquarters in Gaza City. We were in the same corridor as the top brass—including the general, a large Indian man. We used to keep a lookout to make sure he wasn't coming down the hallway, because if he did, we had to snap to attention." "I lived in Villa 85 and shared a room with two other Swedes serving with the UN."

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