Commando Magazine

13 September 2022

Commando - 5575 - Jack's Private War - “A splinter of metal is lodged in your heart. If it moves, you will die.” These words struck Flight Lieutenant Jack Hammond like a hammer blow. His immediate thought was to lie still, keep quiet, not move. But then he reasoned - if I’ve got to go, I might as well go out fighting! It was then that Jack declared his own private war on the Nazis - and he didn’t care whether he survived it or not.