DROPPED IN IT autobiography of a Cotswold Boy/WWII Arnhem Veteran Review

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DROPPED IN IT autobiography of a Cotswold Boy/WWII Arnhem Veteran ReviewA great book written from the heart. "Dropped In It" tells the story of an ordinary man's life starting with his unwanted birth in 1921 and his close escape from being thrown in a river. The journey takes us through an idyllic childhood in the English countryside, shattered by the death of his adoptive mother, through to his teenage years working in London and his early adulthood during the Second World War where he witnessed the appalling atrocities of the battles at Arnhem. He was shot and held prisoner of war for six months and lost many comrades during that time. The author doesn't try to pretend to be a hero, he just tells things as they are. There were good times and bad and he dealt with them all.
This book made me laugh and made me cry. By the end I felt I had really come to know the author. I would definitely recommend it to anyone as it makes a very welcome change from celebrity trivia and glamour - this is about a very real life lived by a hardworking and honest man.DROPPED IN IT autobiography of a Cotswold Boy/WWII Arnhem Veteran OverviewColin Hall was born in 1921 and narrowly escaped being flung into a river as a newborn baby. He was rescued and adopted to live his childhood in the beauty of the Cotswolds in the village of Broadway. The idyllic upbringing ended abruptly with the tragic death of his adoptive mother and his father re-marrying in haste with sour consequences. By 1939, as the Second World began, Colin aged 17 was comitted to full time military service after being tricked into uniform just a few months before. After four years in the RASC, Colin trained with the Parachute regiment in the 10th battalion of the 1st Airborne Division. Here he made many great friendships and sadly lost many others when posted to Arnhem to take part in one of the bloodiest battles of WWII, Operation Market Garden. Colin was injured, captured and imprisoned - at the notorious Stalag XI-B - and watched many more friends and colleagues suffer and die through the winter of 1944-5.This true story continues with Colin's exploits after the war in trying to build a life for himself and family - first in the Forest of Dean and later in South London running a chain of wallpaper shops.Colin never forgets that he is lucky to be alive and throughout all his hardships he bears no grudges but shows a determination to 'just get on with it'.This heart warming biography concludes in describing his quest to track down his natural parents who abandoned him at birth, as well as his return to both Holland and Germany to confront the dark memories of the war.Colin Hall's life story shows a journey of an ordinary working man through the twentieth century without complaint or bitterness and the honestly expressed thoughts and feelings of a reluctant soldier who had nothing but his own sense of spirit to face adversity. This is the second edition of 'Dropped In It' as an eBook. This edition contains black and white photos taken from the author's family albums.

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