GI Limey: A Welsh American's Second World War

by Geraint Thomas

Clifford Edwin Guard was born in 1923, in the South Wales sea town of Swansea, into a life of abject poverty. By the age of 15 he sought escape through joining the merchant navy and set about exploring the world.
When the Second World War broke out he took part in the Atlantic convoys before joining the US Army after finding himself in New York soon after the Americans entered the war.
Having landed on Omaha Beach, as part of the 3rd Armored Division, he and his pals spent the next 11 months at the forefront of the battle to push the German Army all the way back to the heart of Germany.
GI Limey is a rags to riches tale of triumph over adversary, a real-life Boy’s Own adventure, laced with friendships forged in the heat of battle that only a soldier can truly understand. With its shockingly honest description of combat, at times brutal to read, you are left in no doubt how death and destruction can haunt a soldier for the rest of their life.

Geraint Thomas is a writer and journalist from Swansea in South Wales.

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256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 10, 2015

Reviews

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed it particularly when the author was talking about his youth. A good read.

[P.S. Gear · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite endearing, but its episodic nature, which made it an initial quick read, ultimately became too boring. Fascinating look into pre-war Swansea.