TY - BOOK AU - Hutching,Megan ED - New Zealand. TI - A fair sort of battering SN - 1869507851 U1 - 940.54215 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Auckland, N.Z. PB - HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage KW - New Zealand KW - Army KW - Biography KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Personal narratives, New Zealand KW - Campaigns KW - Italy KW - Soldiers N1 - Cover subtitle: New Zealanders remember the Italian campaign; Previous ed.: 2004; Includes index; Introduction : Up the strada : remembering the Italian campaign / Roberto Rabel -- Further reading -- The good old age of seventeen / Joseph Pedersen -- We felt it was our duty / Joseph Bacos -- A pretty sticky do / Reg Hermans -- A penny to go to the war / Douglas Park -- A different type of warfare / Newton Wickham -- Working very hard / Patricia Hamilton -- I met an Italian girl / Gordon Johnston -- I had a pretty charmed life / Reginald Minter -- We were advancing by steps / Rae Familton -- You were called padre / Jack Somerville -- The boys were good and brave patients / Isobelle Wright -- Look after one another / Tautini Glover -- The most terrible game of all / Gordon Slatter ER -