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Only on river to Cross is a dramatic suspenseful and splendidly written story of Australians at War. Dr Harris tells the story of his early years on the Buronga Ridge near Mildura, of his army service with occupation force in Japan and explores the exhilarating pursuit of retreating North Koreans. His service with 3 RAR ended on the day he was wounded and his commanding officer was killed. Competent in Japanese and Chinese, Harris returned to Korea in 1953 and was placed in command of a special Agent Detachment, whose task was the infiltration of intelligence e agents into enemy territory. Harris and his agents made ten successful penetrations and it was planned that they take part in the rescue of British Lieutenant-Colonel Carne, VC, DSO, who was a prisoner of war. Harris was wounded on his last mission. The rescue attempt, now that the route through the enemy lines was threatened, was abandoned. Thirst years after the aborted rescue, Harris was visiting Gloucester Cathedral, where he found a small wooden cross carved in prison, by Carne, to honour his Chaplin who died in captivity. Reading this intensely personal, riveting account of one man's war, the reader realizes that war in indeed unreasonable. The men who live through it, however, came away with a profound understanding of the meaning of such conflicts and why men are prepared to die for each other.
 
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SKU:9781876439521
Quantity:1 item(s) available
Author/s: A.M. Harris
Printing Year: 2004
Printing &/or Publishing Information: Australian Military History Publications
ISBN: 9781876439521
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 124
Approx. Book Size(cm): 25 x 18
Condition: New
Weight:0.75 kg
Price:$ 44.95
 
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