Read The Two Jacks: The Amazing Adventures of Major Jack M. Veness and Major Jack L. Fairweather

The Two Jacks: The Amazing Adventures of Major Jack M. Veness and Major Jack L. Fairweather

Will R. Bird

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Description:As platoon commanders in theri old regiments, the two Jacks took part in the grim fighting in Holland that cleared the path to the Rhine. In the teeth of bursting shell and raking machine fire they battled their way into enemy positions in town and forest, and on hazardous night patrols took many prisoners. Veness proudly captured a German general.Within four months both had been promoted to captain and then to major; Fairweather becoming the youngest major in the Canadian army. Both were mentioned in dispatches. Both received head wounds, but evaded orders that would have sent them back to base hospital.Veness was the first Canadian fighting man to enter Germany, when he was sent with his platoon to relieve two companies of an American airborne division straddling the border in the Nijmegan area. In the furious fighting which cleared Bienen of the Germans, Fairweather led his company with distinction.Then Veness received multiple shrapnel wounds at Emmerich, and spent four and a half months in hospital in England. Fairweather continued with the regiment in its advance into Germany.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Two Jacks: The Amazing Adventures of Major Jack M. Veness and Major Jack L. Fairweather. To get started finding The Two Jacks: The Amazing Adventures of Major Jack M. Veness and Major Jack L. Fairweather, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: As platoon commanders in theri old regiments, the two Jacks took part in the grim fighting in Holland that cleared the path to the Rhine. In the teeth of bursting shell and raking machine fire they battled their way into enemy positions in town and forest, and on hazardous night patrols took many prisoners. Veness proudly captured a German general.Within four months both had been promoted to captain and then to major; Fairweather becoming the youngest major in the Canadian army. Both were mentioned in dispatches. Both received head wounds, but evaded orders that would have sent them back to base hospital.Veness was the first Canadian fighting man to enter Germany, when he was sent with his platoon to relieve two companies of an American airborne division straddling the border in the Nijmegan area. In the furious fighting which cleared Bienen of the Germans, Fairweather led his company with distinction.Then Veness received multiple shrapnel wounds at Emmerich, and spent four and a half months in hospital in England. Fairweather continued with the regiment in its advance into Germany.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Two Jacks: The Amazing Adventures of Major Jack M. Veness and Major Jack L. Fairweather. To get started finding The Two Jacks: The Amazing Adventures of Major Jack M. Veness and Major Jack L. Fairweather, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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