Author: HAMILTON, ANGUS (SIGNED)
Title: For King and Country - the Memoirs of a Radar Mechanic in the Rcaf/Raf During World War II
Description: Fredericton, New Brunswick: ACH Publishing, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 1999501101. Signed and briefly inscribed by author atop first blank leaf. Signed and dated by author upon title page. This memoir describes: Being in on the secrets of radar, the leading technology of the time; The author's wartime travels from southern Ontario to the British Isles, to India via South Africa, from India to Ceylon/Sri Lanka, and to China; Tropical diseases - jaundice/hepatitis, malaria, and dysentery; the author's coming of age; the war story. "Challenges the romantic notions of combat that movies, television, novels and other memoirs have put forward as the 'true' nature of war." - Bryan McClure. xii, 243 pages. Index, glossary, bibliography, colour illustrations. Clean and tight with light wear. A quality signed example.; 8vo; Signed by Author. Very Good .

Keywords: 1999501101 Personal Narratives Campaigns Southeast Asia Canada Royal Canadian Air Force History 1939 1945 Biography Military Aviation