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With Recce at Arnhem: The Recollections of Trooper Des Evans - A 1st Airborne Division Veteran (in English)
Mike Gallagher
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With Recce at Arnhem: The Recollections of Trooper Des Evans - A 1st Airborne Division Veteran (in English) - Gallagher, Mike
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Synopsis "With Recce at Arnhem: The Recollections of Trooper Des Evans - A 1st Airborne Division Veteran (in English)"
"[The author's] recollections of the events as he experienced them extend to tiny details which, while not unusual for veterans, is appreciated in their accounts for the authenticity it lends. In gathering other viewpoints for this work, he communicated with other soldiers, officers including generals, and historians for added details to flesh out his tale. The result is a very engaging and interesting book." -- WWII History MagazineDetermined to do his bit, Des Evans absconded from a reserved occupation and joined the newly formed Reconnaissance Corps. He saw action in North Africa and Italy before being evacuated back to England with pneumonia in early 1944. Fully recovered he volunteered as a wireless operator with 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron and after parachute training joined C Troop before the ill-fated but glorious attempt to seize the Rhine Bridge at Arnhem.Des vividly describes the intense action that followed the drop. Ambushed twice and badly wounded he was made a POW and eventually succeeded in escaping.Fresh first-hand accounts of the bitter fighting at Arnhem are rare indeed and this one is brutally honest, at times shockingly so.Des Evans was born in Liverpool in 1923. Despite being in a Reserve Occupation he finally succeeded in joining the Army. This book covers his wartime service in North Africa, Italy and at Arnhem. Post war he served in Italy, Palestine, Germany and the Suez Canal Zone. Cuckolded by his first wife he was convicted of the manslaughter of her lover. On release from prison he met Betty and they enjoyed nearly 40 years together until dementia necessitated residential care. Betty died in March 2010 and Des followed her three months later.
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