TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hutching, Megan.
AU  - McGibbon, I. C.
TI  - The desert road: New Zealanders remember the North African campaign 
T2  - Oral history
SN  - 1869505115
AV  - D766.82 .D47 2005
U1  - 940.5423 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Auckland [N.Z.]
PB  - HarperCollins Publishers in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Army
KW  - Expeditionary Force, 2nd
KW  - History
KW  - World War (1939-1945)
KW  - fast
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Africa, North
KW  - Personal narratives, New Zealand
N1  - Includes index; Introduction : Up the blue : New Zealanders in the North African Campaign, 1940-43 / Ian McGibbon -- Further reading -- The longest day of my life / Victor Henderson -- Silent death / William Bowling -- Up stood a general / Clifford Vause -- I enjoyed every minute / Eleanor Fraser -- Surrounded by German armour / Ian Johnston -- Pipes in the distance / Donald Ross -- We met burning ship after burning ship / Howard Anderson -- The General wanted a tank / Watt McEwan -- A sense of duty / Jean Chalmers -- Dust and shellfire, smoke and noise / James Barclay -- Wondering whether we'd make it back / Ronald Verity -- So close, I couldn't believe it / Breynton Campbell -- The casualties kept coming / Lawrence Wright -- Takrouna was a hell of a place / George McKay -- They were giving in / Edward Gibbs -- We battled our way to the top / Maiki Parkinson
N2  - In this, the fourth book in the on-going Oral History Heritage series, Megan Hutching and Ian McGibbon have collected and edited the stories of veterans of the 1941-1943 North African Campaign of World War Two. The interviewees include the complete range of units who took part - infantry, including the 28 Maori Battalion, engineers, artillery, Air Force and Navy, nurses and Tuis. The end result is a moving account of the personal stories and experiences that make up our history of a very significant an memorable campaign of World War Two.


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