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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Commando throughout the North-West Europe campaign. Fortunately he considered his position in the military hierarchy as too lowly for the ban on keeping diaries to apply to him. As a result Commando Despatch Rider is both an accurate and atmospheric record of one man’s war seen from an unusual perspective. Use of the Unit’s War Diary and contemporary records gives this riveting war story a broader dimension. On duty Mitchell’s job was invariably lonely and dangerous as being the only moving object in the forward area carried obvious risks. Off duty he recognised the advantages of having his own albeit unofficial transport and made the most of it where circumstances rather than regulations permitted. His ‘right to roam’ gave him a much wider perspective than that gained by the vast majority of his peers and even seniors. The reader travels ‘pillion’ from the assault on the Normandy beaches through to occupation duties in the chaos of defeated Germany including the fierce fighting following the Walcheren landings in November 1944 which opened up the vital port of Antwerp. While not neglecting the long hours of waiting and suspense Commando Despatch Rider is as gripping exciting and totally authentic a personal account of front line action as will be found anywhere.