Fighting with the Commandos: The Recollections of Stan Scott, No. 3 Commando

Barber, Neil; Scott, Stan

ISBN 10: 1844157741 / ISBN 13: 9781844157747

Published by Pen & Sword Military, 2008

About this Item

large 8vo cloth pp xxv+154 bw plates index VG/VG+ Memoir of a teenage ww2 trooper, garrison in Iraq then commando in France. Some marking to page edges, VG+ text.

Seller Inventory # 6703

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fighting with the Commandos: The Recollections of Stan Scott, No. 3 Commando
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844157741
• ISBN 13: 9781844157747
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Fighting With The Commandos tells what the Second World War was like for a fighting soldier. After enlisting under-age, he was 'found out', joined the Home Guard and then a Young Soldiers Unit (for those too young to serve overseas). He managed to get out to Iraq but was again sent home. He then joined 3 Commando led by Brigadier Peter Young and landed on SWORD Beach on D-Day. He graphically describes the action thereafter which included being among the first to reach Pegasus Bridge and relieve the glider borne troops under Major John Howard. Plenty of excitement and danger were to follow and readers will revel in a no-holds-barred memoir which points an illuminating picture of life for the rank-and-file in the build-up to the climax of the war.

About the Author

Neil Barber is the author of two of the most detailed books on their subjects; The Day the Devils Dropped In, relates the 9th Parachute Battalion's D-Day assault on the Merville Battery and the vital battle at the Chateau St Come; and The Pegasus and Orne Bridges, which details the D-Day capture, defense and relief of Pegasus Bridge and its sister bridge across the river Orne. He has also edited two biographies; Stan Scott's Fighting with the Commandos and Captain David Tibbs' Parachute Doctor.