Author(s): Jim Rolfe

NZ Military

The exploits of the Rolfe Brothers - Jim, Reg and Jack - cover between them most of the campaigns in which Kiwi soldiers fought. From Reg's daring escape in an open fishing boat from Crete, where he was a prisoner of war; desert fighting in North Africa, including El Alamein; through to the war in Italy, including the battle for Cassino.The brothers and their comrades faced new experiences that were often exciting, frequently horrifying, but always - both in and out of action - life-changing. In a single stroke their lives and hopes for the future had been turned upside down, never to be the same again.