SEARCHING FOR CHARLIE

«He emerged from an olive grove carrying a wounded man on his shoulders. Bullets were flying. He had no shirt. His shorts were drenched in blood. I said to my CSM, "He'll either get a wooden cross or a Victoria Cross".» (eyewitness on Crete)

«This man Upham is the ace soldier of the Britisc Empire. If anything happens to him, I will see that you are held personally responsible after the war.» (Senior Brithis Officer, Colonel de Beer to Hauptmann Knapp, the commandant of Weinsberg POW camp, when Charlie came close to being executed after a failed broad-daylight escape attempt)