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  1. Currently on BBC Sounds: Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser

    Widely accepted as one of the best war-memoirs ever written – by turns hilarious, exciting, & moving – it recounts the author’s time with the 14th army in Burma

    Dramatised by Robin Brooks

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002g34c

    #Scottish #literature #memoir #WW2 #Burma #warmemoir

  2. Currently on BBC Sounds: Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser

    Widely accepted as one of the best war-memoirs ever written – by turns hilarious, exciting, & moving – it recounts the author’s time with the 14th army in Burma

    Dramatised by Robin Brooks

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002g34c

    #Scottish #literature #memoir #WW2 #Burma #warmemoir

  3. Currently on BBC Sounds: Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser

    Widely accepted as one of the best war-memoirs ever written – by turns hilarious, exciting, & moving – it recounts the author’s time with the 14th army in Burma

    Dramatised by Robin Brooks

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002g34c

    #Scottish #literature #memoir #WW2 #Burma #warmemoir

  4. Currently on BBC Sounds: Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser

    Widely accepted as one of the best war-memoirs ever written – by turns hilarious, exciting, & moving – it recounts the author’s time with the 14th army in Burma

    Dramatised by Robin Brooks

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002g34c

    #Scottish #literature #memoir #WW2 #Burma #warmemoir

  5. Currently on BBC Sounds: Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser

    Widely accepted as one of the best war-memoirs ever written – by turns hilarious, exciting, & moving – it recounts the author’s time with the 14th army in Burma

    Dramatised by Robin Brooks

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002g34c

    #Scottish #literature #memoir #WW2 #Burma #warmemoir

  6. “An officer – he must have been a new arrival, and a right clown – ran out in front of the company and shouted, with enthusiasm: ‘Men! The war in Europe is over!’”

    —George MacDonald Fraser spent VE Day in 1945 waiting to attack a Japanese-held village in Burma – from his memoir QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE:

    #Scottish #literature #memoir #ww2 #Burma #warmemoir #VEDay

  7. “An officer – he must have been a new arrival, and a right clown – ran out in front of the company and shouted, with enthusiasm: ‘Men! The war in Europe is over!’”

    —George MacDonald Fraser spent VE Day in 1945 waiting to attack a Japanese-held village in Burma – from his memoir QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE:

    #Scottish #literature #memoir #ww2 #Burma #warmemoir #VEDay

  8. “An officer – he must have been a new arrival, and a right clown – ran out in front of the company and shouted, with enthusiasm: ‘Men! The war in Europe is over!’”

    —George MacDonald Fraser spent VE Day in 1945 waiting to attack a Japanese-held village in Burma – from his memoir QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE:

    #Scottish #literature #memoir #ww2 #Burma #warmemoir #VEDay

  9. “An officer – he must have been a new arrival, and a right clown – ran out in front of the company and shouted, with enthusiasm: ‘Men! The war in Europe is over!’”

    —George MacDonald Fraser spent VE Day in 1945 waiting to attack a Japanese-held village in Burma – from his memoir QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE:

    #Scottish #literature #memoir #ww2 #Burma #warmemoir #VEDay

  10. “An officer – he must have been a new arrival, and a right clown – ran out in front of the company and shouted, with enthusiasm: ‘Men! The war in Europe is over!’”

    —George MacDonald Fraser spent VE Day in 1945 waiting to attack a Japanese-held village in Burma – from his memoir QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE:

    #Scottish #literature #memoir #ww2 #Burma #warmemoir #VEDay

  11. @bookstodon

    “…war is not a matter of maps with red and blue arrows and oblongs, but of weary, thirsty men with sore feet and aching shoulders wondering where they are…”

    —George MacDonald Fraser, QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE: A recollection of the War in Burma

    3/6

    #Scottish #literature #history #memoir #war #warmemoir #WW2 #Burma

  12. @bookstodon

    “…war is not a matter of maps with red and blue arrows and oblongs, but of weary, thirsty men with sore feet and aching shoulders wondering where they are…”

    —George MacDonald Fraser, QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE: A recollection of the War in Burma

    3/6

    #Scottish #literature #history #memoir #war #warmemoir #WW2 #Burma

  13. @bookstodon

    “…war is not a matter of maps with red and blue arrows and oblongs, but of weary, thirsty men with sore feet and aching shoulders wondering where they are…”

    —George MacDonald Fraser, QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE: A recollection of the War in Burma

    3/6

    #Scottish #literature #history #memoir #war #warmemoir #WW2 #Burma

  14. @bookstodon

    “…war is not a matter of maps with red and blue arrows and oblongs, but of weary, thirsty men with sore feet and aching shoulders wondering where they are…”

    —George MacDonald Fraser, QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE: A recollection of the War in Burma

    3/6

    #Scottish #literature #history #memoir #war #warmemoir #WW2 #Burma

  15. @bookstodon

    “…war is not a matter of maps with red and blue arrows and oblongs, but of weary, thirsty men with sore feet and aching shoulders wondering where they are…”

    —George MacDonald Fraser, QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE: A recollection of the War in Burma

    3/6

    #Scottish #literature #history #memoir #war #warmemoir #WW2 #Burma

  16. @bookstodon

    “QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE… provides insight into what it takes an individual to survive, both (with luck) physically &, more importantly, ethically”

    —retired Australian Army officer Jason Thomas on George MacDonald Fraser’s memoir of the WW2 Burma campaign

    2/6

    warroom.armywarcollege.edu/spe

    #Scottish #literature #history #memoir #war #WW2 #Burma #warmemoir

  17. @bookstodon

    “QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE… provides insight into what it takes an individual to survive, both (with luck) physically &, more importantly, ethically”

    —retired Australian Army officer Jason Thomas on George MacDonald Fraser’s memoir of the WW2 Burma campaign

    2/6

    warroom.armywarcollege.edu/spe

    #Scottish #literature #history #memoir #war #WW2 #Burma #warmemoir

  18. @bookstodon

    “QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE… provides insight into what it takes an individual to survive, both (with luck) physically &, more importantly, ethically”

    —retired Australian Army officer Jason Thomas on George MacDonald Fraser’s memoir of the WW2 Burma campaign

    2/6

    warroom.armywarcollege.edu/spe

    #Scottish #literature #history #memoir #war #WW2 #Burma #warmemoir

  19. @bookstodon

    “QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE… provides insight into what it takes an individual to survive, both (with luck) physically &, more importantly, ethically”

    —retired Australian Army officer Jason Thomas on George MacDonald Fraser’s memoir of the WW2 Burma campaign

    2/6

    warroom.armywarcollege.edu/spe

    #Scottish #literature #history #memoir #war #WW2 #Burma #warmemoir

  20. @bookstodon

    “QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE… provides insight into what it takes an individual to survive, both (with luck) physically &, more importantly, ethically”

    —retired Australian Army officer Jason Thomas on George MacDonald Fraser’s memoir of the WW2 Burma campaign

    2/6

    warroom.armywarcollege.edu/spe

    #Scottish #literature #history #memoir #war #WW2 #Burma #warmemoir

  21. Red Platoon does not glorify war. It honors the men who fought one of the deadliest battles of the Afghanistan War. A must-read for every book lover.
    #books #RedPlatoon #WarMemoir #ClintonRomesha #BookReview
    thisgrandpablogs.com/red-plato

  22. Red Platoon does not glorify war. It honors the men who fought one of the deadliest battles of the Afghanistan War. A must-read for every book lover.
    #books #RedPlatoon #WarMemoir #ClintonRomesha #BookReview
    thisgrandpablogs.com/red-plato

  23. Red Platoon does not glorify war. It honors the men who fought one of the deadliest battles of the Afghanistan War. A must-read for every book lover.
    #books #RedPlatoon #WarMemoir #ClintonRomesha #BookReview
    thisgrandpablogs.com/red-plato

  24. Red Platoon does not glorify war. It honors the men who fought one of the deadliest battles of the Afghanistan War. A must-read for every book lover.
    #books #RedPlatoon #WarMemoir #ClintonRomesha #BookReview
    thisgrandpablogs.com/red-plato

  25. Red Platoon does not glorify war. It honors the men who fought one of the deadliest battles of the Afghanistan War. A must-read for every book lover.
    #books #RedPlatoon #WarMemoir #ClintonRomesha #BookReview
    thisgrandpablogs.com/red-plato

  26. No More Christmas is not a story polished with perfect endings, it is a story of detours, heartbreak, and survival.

    No More Christmas, by L.B. Moro

    FREE until September 6th!

    amazon.com/dp/B0FPDLMHQS

    #WarMemoir #militarylife

  27. 🪖 I didn’t set out to write a war story. I set out to tell the truth.

    Surviving Shadows: My Journey Through Combat, PTSD, and Life, by Thomas Crunkleton

    FREE until September 6th!

    www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPDBTCKM

    #WarMemoir #civilianlife