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The Big Read: Old soldiers and why we remember them

Kurt Bayer
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South Island Head of News·NZ Herald·
18 mins to read
The Big Read: Old soldiers and why we remember them
The Big Read: Old soldiers and why we remember them

Over the past 20 years, Kurt Bayer has interviewed hundreds of old soldiers, many now dead and gone. He's heard recollections from survivors of Western Front trenches more than 100 years ago, Nazi and Japanese prisoners-of-war, and veterans of some of the most famous and infamous battles and conflicts of

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