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June 2004 New Title Information Highlights: |
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Dads War |
Jail That Went To Sea |
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Symbol of Courage |
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definitive A-Z of the fantastic feats of bravery and heroism that have
earned the recipients the highest form of recognition for valor. Symbol of
Courage vividly brings the story of the medal to life, with a narrative
history of every conflict in which the VC has been awarded and details of
every VC holder with an account of the action in which he won the medal.
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On
6 April 1943, Ian Reid, an officer in the Black Watch, was wounded and
captured in Tunisia and sent off to an Italian prisoner-of-war camp. Five
months later, when the Germans took over the camp as the Italians pulled
out of the war, he escaped. In this book nearly sixty years later, Howard
Reid quite literally followed in his father's footsteps and made the same
journey across Italy.
How
a group of regenerate hoodlums became seamen and braved both the elements
and Nazi U-Boats. Not forgetting how the whole operation was nearly
scuttled…
