Books Tell You Why, Inc.

A first edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition that is lightly shelfworn in an alike dust-jacket.

This book is an anthology of first-hand accounts of life and war on the front lines of World War II written by typewriter battalion soldiers. The typewriter battalion was an isolated unit of soldiers who used typewriters to send front-line dispatches to the home front. The soldiers in the typewriter battalion faced many of the same dangers as their infantry counterparts, but they also had to contend with the added challenge of sending their reports via a mechanical means. The book is both a fascinating look at World War II through the eyes of the typewriter battalion soldiers and a testament to the power of the written word.; 8vo; 397 pages.