One Soldiers Story 1939 1945

Download or read book One Soldier's Story: 1939-1945 written by George S. MacDonell and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a seventeen year old boy who ran away from home to join the Canadian Army at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. It describes the fateful adventures of two regiments dispatched to the Pacific to face the Japanese, and the courage of two thousand young soldiers who, when faced with an impossible task thousands of miles from home, behaved with honour and distinction. Though they lost the battle of Hong Kong, they succeeded in showing the world the mettle of which they were made.