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"This book details battle actions and traces war heroes back to civilian life, exploring each individual's motivation and describing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder sufferings of several. This is a unique book about heroes of the Second World War. It dramatically describes the battle actions of 22 warriors who won outstanding gallantry awards but reaches out far beyond the bare battle narrative. In addition to some who won a supreme award, such as the VC, it also includes other lesser known men who achieved a considerable ""aggregate of valour"" over a long period. The writing is spiced by the realisation that the author was in at least one case there at the scene, or was at similar scenes, or had developed a post-war friendship with some of those featured. This book will help to reinvigorate the memories of the brave soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice at our most difficult hour. AUTHOR: In 1944 Ken Tout, known for books such as ""Tank!"" and ""A Fine Night for Tanks"", landed on the Normandy beaches as a Sherman tank gunner and later commander. After further service in Palestine he entered theological college and worked with charities and development agencies such as Oxfam, the Salvation Army, HelpAge International and the United Nations Ageing unit. 23 b/w photographs"

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This is a fascinating, easily read book in which Tout, with a soldiers eye for detail, not only describes the actions for which the individuals were brought to notice but goes on to consider what makes ordinary people perform extra-ordinary feats of courage and the impact that their experiences had on their later lives. A very good read. * Military Historical Society Bulletin 14/01/2019 * This is a very preceptive analysis of human strengths and frailties, written by a man with every right to address his subject. * Miniature Wargames 13/12/2018 *

This is a very preceptive analysis of human strengths and frailties, written by a man with every right to address his subject. * Miniature Wargames 13/12/2018 *

'This book is a true delight...A marvellous and heartrendingly poign­ant work, this book is a real stand-out amongst its peers ... modestly so.' * Wargames, Soldiers, and Strategy * This is a very preceptive analysis of human strengths and frailties, written by a man with every right to address his subject. * Miniature Wargames 13/12/2018 * This is a fascinating, easily read book in which Tout, with a soldiers eye for detail, not only describes the actions for which the individuals were brought to notice but goes on to consider what makes ordinary people perform extra-ordinary feats of courage and the impact that their experiences had on their later lives. A very good read. * Military Historical Society Bulletin 14/01/2019 *

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In 1944 Ken Tout, known for books such as “Tank!” and “A Fine Night for Tanks”, landed on the Normandy beaches as a Sherman tank gunner and later commander. After further service in Palestine he entered theological college and worked with charities and development agencies such as Oxfam, the Salvation Army, HelpAge International and the United Nations Ageing unit. He researched and wrote texts on the ageing of the world’s population, receiving an OBE and a United Nations citation for services to ageing. On one occasion he was called to advise Pope John Paul II on age-related poverty in developing countries. Another unique experience, in Chile in 1960, was to assist the General commanding relief operations at the epicentre of the world’s most powerful earthquake ever recorded. More recently he was awarded a Knight’s Cross of Merit for researching the actions of Free Polish Troops in the Second World War. He has also written a novel, a book of war poems, a history of the Christian Church and musical plays. As a pianist, conductor and trombonist, a favourite memory is, at age 6, of being given a sixpence by Elgar when the composer was having shoes repaired in the Tout workshop. He is Vice-President of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry Association and an Honorary Research Fellow of Keele University. He lives with his wife Jai, a former Chairman of an NHS Foundation Trust, in West Sussex, and has four children.

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