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Queer Tales From Africa Desert Life and War Hardships
DeWitt MacKenzie describes life with the British Eighth Army in Libya. He details brutal heat, water scarcity, sandstorms, strange desert fauna, and the tense transport challenge across 1500 miles from Cairo to El Agheila. He notes winter cold, Khamsin winds, and the dual theater of war in harsh conditions.
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Eighth Army
Libya
United States
Vermont
Derna
Sinai Peninsula
Suez Canal
Cairo
el Agheila
Mediterranean
Sir Bernard Montgomery