Entry Text: | SIMMONS, John R. Campaign Ribbons. 188p., illus., index. Kansas: Sunflower UP, 1990. ISBN: 9780897451321. The autobiography of a junior paymaster. He began the war as a purser in Empress of Australia, notably in the Norwegian Campaign. Next came service on Hilary and later Keren for the assault on Madagascar and for the Torch and Husky landings. He moved on to Portland to stand by Trouncer and stayed there until the end of the war. |
---|