01001cam a2200229 4500 493865829 TxAuBib 20210309120000.0 180313s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781338266894 1338266896 TxAuBib Cross, Vince. Hero at Dunkirk / Vince Cross. Scholastic, 2010. 144 p. My True Stories 2010 sees the 70th anniversary of the evacuation of the allies at Dunkirk. The lives of 338,226 men were saved in 861 vessels. This story of one of the young men who aided in the evacuation is not heard for the very first time. Joe Read was only 15 years old wen he crossed the channel in his father's lifeboat, Brittanic, and braved artillery fire and German bombing to rescue British Expeditionary Forces. 20210309. Historical fiction. My True Stories.