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" Fragments of War : "
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BL
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975408
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b729778
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| Main Entry
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Hibbert, Joyce.
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Fragments of War : : Stories from Survivors of World War II.
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Toronto :: Dundurn,, 1985.
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1 online resource (212 pages)
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1554881692
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: 9781554881697
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| Notes
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""Acknowledgements.""
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| Contents
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Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Sea -- 1. Athenia Survivor. -- 2. Aboard the Algonquin. -- 3. Sinking of the S.S. Sinkiang. -- 4. Salty Old Salt. -- 5. To the Far Shore. -- Land -- 6. Acceptance. -- 7. Here and There with a Hasty Pee. -- 8. Lost Dentures and Un Peu de Bren. -- 9. Sister, Who Cares?. -- 10. Guns and Mud and Luck. -- 11. With First Overseas Draft of the CWACS. -- 12. Joking in the Face of Death. -- 13. Biscuit, Book, and Candle in Hong Kong. -- 14. Capturing Pig Swill. -- 15. Casualty Clearing.
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16. Headaches for a Fusilier Mont-Royal. 17. Take Your Rosary, Son. -- 18. No Nervous Breakdowns. -- 19. It Could Always Be Worse. -- 20. Canadian Girl in the A.T.S. -- 21. Modern Weapons. -- 22. Resistance in Holland. -- 23. War and Love â#x80;#x93; A Soldierâ#x80;#x99;s Lot. -- Air -- 24 Special Squadron, Special Duties. -- 25 Close Shaves and Steady Nerves. -- 26 Red-Letter Memories of an Air Gunner. -- 27 RCAF (Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Division) One of the First. -- 28 Sand and Flies and Spitfires. -- 29 Beating the Odds. -- 30 Greenland Ordeal. -- Bibliography.
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Many private photographs from their own albums illustrate these stories, which reflect the world wide aspect World War II from the Indian Ocean to the North Atlantic, from Poland to the Middle East, and the varied activities and duties of these young men and women.
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940.54
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Birney, Earle.
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