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Andrew Clark A Keen Soldier: The Execution of Second World War Private Harold Pringle
Vintage Books Canada 2004 0676973558 / 9780676973556 Paperback Like New
"Paperback, Like New, clean, tight, unmarked, no spine or cover creases When award-winning journalist Andrew Clark found the file on Harold Joseph Pringle, he uncovered a Canadian tragedy that had lain buried for fifty years. This extraordinary story of the last soldier to be executed by the Canadian military -- likely wrongfully -- gives life to the forgotten casualties of war and brings their honour home at last. Harold Pringle was underage when the Second World War broke out, eager to leave quiet Flinton, Ontario, to serve by his father’s side. But few who volunteered to fight “the good fight” realized what horror lay ahead: soon Pringle found himself in Italy, fighting on the bloody “Hitler Line, ” where two-thirds of his company were killed. Shell-shocked, he embarked on a tragic, final course that culminated in a suspect murder conviction. His appeal was reviewed by the highest levels of government, right up to prime minister King. But Private Pringle was put to death -- the... ID: mon0000008675"
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