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We died with our boots clean the youngest Royal Marine Commando in WWII

At the age of seventeen, Kenneth McAlpine ran away from Repton school to join Churchill's new elite special force, the Royal Marine Commandos. As the youngest member of the youngest commando force, after three months he found himself fighting on the beaches of Normandy. This title tells McAlpine's story of World War II and his military career.

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  • ""We fought with bayonets and, in unarmed combat, learned how to kill someone in seven seconds. An instructor demonstrated, using me as the victim. I vividly remember falling to the ground with a grey film across my eyes and in great pain. "At the age of 17, Kenneth McAlpine ran away from Repton school to join Churchill's new elite special force, the Royal Marine Commandos. He was the youngest member of the youngest commando force and after three months found himself fighting on the beaches of Normandy. From his best friend's arrest for swearing at the Queen of Holland, a concerted attempt to kill a sergeant major, and his own time in a military prison, McAlpine paints a fascinating picture of commando life."
  • "MILITARY HISTORY. At the age of seventeen, Kenneth McAlpine ran away from school to join the Royal Marine Commandos. As the youngest member of the youngest commando force, after three months he found himself fighting on the beaches of Normandy. In "We Died With Our Boots Clean," McAlpine tells his own unique story of World War II. From an unusual encounter with Montgomery and Patton, a concerted attempt to kill a sergeant major and his best friend's arrest for swearing at the Queen of Holland, McAlpine paints a fascinating picture of commando life. Full of absorbing anecdotes such as his time in a military prison and a rescue operation at a concentration camp, this book is an essential part of a World War II enthusiast's library."
  • "At the age of seventeen, Kenneth McAlpine ran away from Repton school to join Churchill's new elite special force, the Royal Marine Commandos. As the youngest member of the youngest commando force, after three months he found himself fighting on the beaches of Normandy. This title tells McAlpine's story of World War II and his military career."@en

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  • "Herinneringen (vorm)"
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  • "Biography"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Erlebnisbericht"
  • "Personal narratives"
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  • "Large type books"
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  • "We died with our boots clean the youngest Royal Marine Commando in WWII"
  • "We died with our boots clean the youngest Royal Marine Commando in WWII"@en
  • "We died with our boots clean"
  • "Schone laarzen, vuile handen : de jongste Engelse commando in de Tweede Wereldoorlog"
  • "We died with our boots clean : the youngest Royal Marine Commando in WWII"
  • "We died with our boots clean : the youngest Royal Marine Commando in WWII"@en

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