This revealing World War II memoir of Jack Harte, who ran away from home to join the British army with just a penny in his pocket and served in Malta and the Middle East, as well as becoming a member of the Special Forces, the precursor to the SAS.
In the 1930s, Jack Harte, like so many boys in the rough-and-tumble environment of inner-city Dublin, dreamt of adventure and foreign climes, as featured in the comic books and movies of the day.
Unlike most people, though, he left his home behind to make a bolt for those distant worlds and daring adventures.
To the Limits of Endurance is a testament to the resilience of one man’s spirit against extraordinary circumstance.
Also included are previously unpublished photographs of the er