Jim''s War: The saga of one man''s struggle against the Nazi hordes

Until my forties all I''d known about dad''s World War 11 `active service'' was that he''d enjoyed it. `Best days of my life, son,'' he''d always say to the mock despair of his beloved Winnie, my mother. As to what dad had actually done in six and a quarter years of army life, between 1939 and 1946, well Jim had always remained relatively coy about it. This all changed when dad''s third-born grandson was given a school project that required an interview with a war veteran. For William Pearce `granddad'' was the obvious target, and the war veteran opened up to provide a raft of reminiscences. Now faithfully recorded with word for word accuracy in this, his mainly light-hearted book, ''Jim''s War'' is a unique account of wartime active service from an ordinary man braver than he would give himself credit for. See more