Sergeant Ernie Rankin is a wounded WWII Canadian Soldier who's lost near enemy lines. To him, hope is almost lost as he tries to find his comrades, until he hears a young German voice, instilling fear in his half-frozen body.
This story began in 1955 as a first-year high school English class assignment for the author. It became his first published story, originally titled Fearful City. The story's subject was to be "Scorched Earth". It consisted of about 300 words. His teacher was impressed enough to have it published in the school yearboo...
A vivid true-life description of a WWII Canadian soldier and his company fighting the enemy under treacherous conditions to join the Allies in freeing Holland from Nazi oppression. Along the way, they encounter a hungry goat who becomes their companion, and accompanies the soldiers to complete their mission.