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274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
illustrations, maps, portraits.
Summary: On a November morning in 1943, an escaped POW comes within a day's march of Allied lines after journeying hundreds of miles on foot through war-torn Italy. The young man is starving and hypothermic, and the German 10th Army stands between him and freedom. The POW is Ian Busst, a sapper in the Royal Australian Engineers. years later, 95-year-old Busst can still recall his wartime experiences in incredible detail. (From back cover)