The big show : New Zealanders, D-Day and the war in Europe /
edited by Alison Parr.
- xiv, 239 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
This book provides eyewitness accounts from thirteen of the 10,000 New Zealand servicemen who were on active duty with the RAF and the Royal Navy at the time of the D-Day landings in June 1944. This book is one of the first projects completed under a Shared Memory Arrangement between the New Zealand and French governments.
Includes bibliographical references (page 236) and index.
Jack Ingham -- Philip Stewart -- Terry Scott -- Don Sisley -- George Wirepa -- Eric Krull -- Trevor Mullinder -- Gordon Forrester -- Russell Clarke -- Edward Hitchcock -- Jim Pollok -- John Morris -- Lucienne Vouzelaud -- Les Munro.
"In this collection, thirteen New Zealand veterans recall their role as eyewitnesses to epic events. Sailors and airmen, they remember the chaos and triumph of D-Day itself, and recollect the long months that followed as the Allies recaptured France, Belgium and Holland from the German forces. Included are the memories of a French woman, a feisty Resistance worker who helped a young New Zealand airman to safety."--BOOK JACKET.
1869403657 9781869403652
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy--Personal narratives, New Zealand World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, New Zealand