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The desert road : New Zealanders remember the North African campaign / edited by Megan Hutching with Ian McGibbon ; foreword by Helen Clark. - Auckland [N.Z.] : HarperCollins Publishers in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, 2005. - 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Oral history Oral history (Auckland, N.Z.) . - Oral history (Auckland, N.Z.) Oral history. .

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.

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.



ISBN: 1869505115 9781869505110

LCCN: 2005391689

Subjects--Corporate Names:
New Zealand. Army. Expeditionary Force, 2nd --History.

Subjects--Meeting Names:
World War (1939-1945)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North--Personal narratives, New Zealand.
World War, 1939-1945--New Zealand.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa, North.

LC Class. No.: D766.82 / .D47 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 940.5423