Ever your own, Johnnie, Sicily and Italy, 1943-45

Download or read book Ever your own, Johnnie, Sicily and Italy, 1943-45 written by Nick Kemp and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-03-20 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Ever your own, Johnnie, Sicily and Italy, 1943-45' is the concluding book of the 'Ever your own, Johnnie' trilogy. It describes, through his letters and diaries, the day-to-day life of R.S.M. John Kemp of the 76th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, from the time of his landing in Sicily, illness and hospital in Algiers, and the subsequent return to his Regiment in Italy. It tells of the conversion of the Regiment to a field artillery role on the Gothic Line, and of the conflict in the final push north to defeat of the Germans in Italy, followed by the long wait as an army of occupation before returning home on New Year's Eve 1945.