I'm a Survivor Not a Victim: The Experiences of Normandy Veteran George Carvell

From the timber mills of New Brunswick the training fields of Britain the beaches of Normandy the POW camps of Western Europe to a narrow escape from one of the most shocking acts of brutality to be committed in WWII France follow the journey of Canadian veteran George Carvell of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. At once both intimately personal biography and Canadian military history book Im a Survivor Not a Victim provides a vivid look at the Normandy raid and the horrific Ardenne Abbey massacre by the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. Carvells great-great niece Amanda Shepherd meticulously researches and recreates Carvells experiences of training battle incarceration and eventual release and return home. Within these pages Shepherd presents her great-great uncle as he presented himself not so much a victim of war but a survivor.