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MEMORIES OF AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Recollections of army service during the 2nd world war
By Neil Hogben
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b ) M e P h o t o g r a p h e d i n J a n u a r y 1 9 9 8 w i t h p o s t e r c o m m e m o r a t i n g t h e l i b e r a t i o n o f N a r n i a ) M e p h o t o g r a p h e d i n N a p l e s i n M a r c h 1 9 4 4 F R O N T I S P I E C E
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CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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PREFACE
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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
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1. VOYAGE INTO THE UNKNOWN
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2. CHATEAUDUN
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3. ROBERTVILLE: THE MAILED FIST ADVENTURE BEGINS
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4. PIEDIMONTE D’ALIFE
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5. BAPTISM OF FIRE AT CASSINO
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7. PURSUIT PAST ROME
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8. THE LONG FIGHT BEGINS AT PERUGIA
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9. RESISTANCE STIFFENS AT AREZZO
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10. A BRIEF RESPITE BESIDE THE RIVER ARNO
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11. THE LONG FIGHT TOWARDS FLORENCE
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12. ANOTHER BRIEF RESPITE BESIDE THE RIVER ARNO
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13. BACK TO CAMPAIGNING NORTH EAST OF FLORENCE
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14. HOSPITAL: BACK TO ROME
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15. RETURNING TO UNIT NORTH OF FLORENCE
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16. BACK TO THE FRONT BY THE SANTERNO RIVER
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17. WHIP TRACK: NEAR FONTANELICE
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18. MOVING TO THE ADRIATIC COAST AT PESARO
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19. REFIT IN PESARO
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20. THE LAST PUSH: NORTH FROM CESENA
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21. THE WAR ENDS: NORTH FROM BONDENO THROUGH PADOVA
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22. ENTRY INTO AUSTRIA: KLAGENFURT
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23. TANZENBERG
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24. BLEIBURG
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25. THE MAILED FIST ADVENTURE ENDS NEAR PADOVA
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26. HELPING SEND TROOPS HOME: O2E DETACHMENT NAPLES
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27. SENDING TROOPS HOME: O2E DETACHMENT MILAN
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28. SENDING TROOPS HOME: O2E DETACHMENT VILLACH
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TAILPIECE: Farewell to Uniform
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POSTSCRIPT: Tank Action at Bondeno
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Recollections of army service during the 2nd world war
By Neil Hogben
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