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Merry Hell! A Dane with the Canadians. Translated from the Danish work entitled "No Man's Land" [1930]

Digitised by Google Books from the collection of the University of California, see Source below. If necessary, click on Show More, below. First published in 1929 in Danish with the title No Man's Land, En Dansker Med Canadierne Ved Vestfronten. The author Thomas Dineson was 1st Lieutenant Canadian Black Watch, commissioned in November 1918. When he was a Private, he was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) the highest and most prestigious decoration of the British decorations system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces, and when he was awarded it, included British Empire Armed Forces. From a publisher’s description for a later reprint edition of Merry Hell! Dinesen (1892-1979) was in Denmark when war broke out, and despite efforts to get to the war with the French Army, the French Foreign Legion and the British Army he was continually frustrated by officialdom who would not grant the necessary visa for him to get into France or UK. So he made it across to the USA where he tried again (for the American Army) and failed again. Finally he looked in on the Canadian HQ in New York and was given a warm welcome and advised to try for e

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