The Left Handshake The Boy Scout Movement during the War, 1939-1945 by Hilary St. George Saunders FOREWORD byThe Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire WHEN COLONEL BADEN-POWELL entered the capital city of the Ashanti people in 1890 he was met by one of the Chiefs who came to him holding out his left hand. B.-P. held out his right in return but the Chief said: No, in my country the bravest of the brave shake with the left hand. So began the left handshake of the world-wide brotherhood of Scouts. In this book are told some of the stories of courage and endurance shown by Scouts in many different countries during the war of 1939-45. There would not be room even in many books to tell them all. Many, indeed, can never be told; some for political reasons, some because the actors died unknown. They remembered their Promise, to do their best to do their duty to God, and their Country; to think of other people and not themselves. So, when the time came, they were prepared in body and in spirit to render their service.Their record is unsurpassed; they were the bravest of the brave. Lord Rowallan Chief Scout pinetreeweb/left-handshake.htm
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