Far From Home
eBook - ePub

Far From Home

A Memoir of a Twentieth-Century Soldier

  1. 382 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Far From Home

A Memoir of a Twentieth-Century Soldier

About this book

Jeffery Williams offers a vivid retelling of his childhood in Calgary during the depression, followed by the outbreak of war and his enthusiastic enrolment in the Canadian Army. First sent to England in 1939, eager and untrained, Williams went on to a thirty-three year career, experiencing wars in Europe and Korea, and serving inCanada, Germany, the United States, and England.

With an uncanny memory, William recounts his fascinating history with remarkable people both famous and unknown, including the Royal Family, John, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Jeffery Williams' transition from "the most untrained officer in the army" to a man equally at home on the field or in the houses of government, and the bumps and shocks of growing from a simple upbringing to the sophisticated life of an international officer is told with great humour and rare interest. Far From Home is a rare insight into the rarely seen human side of military life.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents Page
  6. FOREWORD
  7. CHAPTER 1 Boyhood
  8. CHAPTER 2 School
  9. CHAPTER 3 Bowness
  10. CHAPTER 4 Outdoor Life
  11. CHAPTER 5 High School
  12. CHAPTER 6 Air
  13. CHAPTER 7 Growing Up
  14. CHAPTER 8 Amateur Soldiers
  15. CHAPTER 9 Calgary
  16. CHAPTER 10 To England
  17. CHAPTER 11 Aldershot
  18. CHAPTER 12 Regimental Duty
  19. CHAPTER 13 Divisional Headquarters
  20. CHAPTER 14 On the Fringe of War
  21. CHAPTER 15 Staff Course
  22. CHAPTER 16 France
  23. CHAPTER 17 Winter
  24. CHAPTER 18 1945
  25. CHAPTER 19 Peacetime
  26. CHAPTER 20 Korea
  27. CHAPTER 21 Washington
  28. CHAPTER 22 Germany
  29. CHAPTER 23 Canada
  30. CHAPTER 24 London
  31. EPILOGUE
  32. GLOSSARY
  33. INDEX