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Leaves From A War Reporter's Notebook
A British camp scene near England hosts American troops bound for Normandy as innkeeper Betty recounts wartime hospitality and a captain’s goodbye kiss. A German front letter dated June 5, found in Normandy, reflects fear and longing before the invasion, while locals hide wine for the coming Allied arrival amid wrecked villages and liberated Calvados tales.
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Doughrey
Joe
England
Tye
Robert George Fox
U. S
Normandy
Betty
United States
France
de Vau
Tuhe
Sweet
Monsieur L