This is the story of a seventeen year old boy who ran away from home to join the Canadian Army at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. It describes the fateful adventures of two regiments dispatched to the Pacific to face the Japanese, and the courage of two thousand young soldiers who, when faced with an impossible task thousands of miles from home, behaved with honour and distinction. Though they lost the battle of Hong Kong, they succeeded in showing the world the mettle of which they were made.
- ISBN10 1282814559
- ISBN13 9781282814554
- Publish Date 1 January 2002
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 12 May 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Dundurn Group
- Format eBook
- Pages 202
- Language English