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On Active Service: a range of books about the 3 Services in W W 2. A Digger History site. |
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Victory Roll, the 1945 book about the RAAF at war |
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Sub category index
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VICTORY
ROLL by AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, A.C.T, 1945 |
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TO THE MEMORY "They gave their lives. For that public gift they received a praise which never ages and a tomb most glorious-not so much the tomb in which they lie, but that ix which their fame survives, to be remembered for ever when occasion comes for word or deed . . ." |
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| Set up, printed and bound in Australia by Halstead Press Pty Limited, 9-19 Nickson Street, Sydney, 1945. Registered in Australia for transmission through the post as a book. |
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Over the target by William Dargie |
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MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF OF AIR STAFF |
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| AT the war's end, the R.A.A.F. looks back on six years of tremendous effort and gallant service. The obstacles overcome and the brilliant record established in achieving final victory stand not only as a monument to the loyalty and support given by all ranks of the R.A.A.F., but to the splendid cooperation and understanding built up between men and women of the Army and the Navy, alongside whom we are -proud to have served. To all who worked so hard to achieve this victory, I give my grateful thanks. The stories in "Victory Roll" tell of some of the deeds performed in this final and victorious year. They add to a long tradition of gallant service and sacrifice, and will serve as an eternal inspiration in the task of building a new world in which the spirit of the Four Freedoms must predominate. In making final victory possible, we lost many comrades, to whom this book, together with those which preceded it, becomes a permanent memorial.
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Front and rear end papers indentical. |
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