TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gregory,Doris
TI  - How I won the war for the allies: one sassy Canadian soldier's story 
SN  - 9781553803188
AV  - D811 .H695 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Vancouver
PB  - Ronsdale Press
KW  - Gregory, Doris,
KW  - University of British Columbia
KW  - Students
KW  - Biography
KW  - Canada
KW  - Canadian Army
KW  - Canadian Women's Army Corps
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Personal narratives, Canadian
KW  - Women soldiers
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; From Student to Soldier --; The Atlantic Crossing --; Introduction to London --; Hospitality in Aberdeen and Torquay --; Non-Heroes --; Army Blunders and Air Raids --; Civilians and the International Scene --; Settling into the Wartime Routine --; Highs and Lows --; The Build-Up to D-Day --; Summer Fun, Military Muddles, Buzz Bombs --; Flying Hats and Fabulous Coffee --; More Than One Kind of Wound --; Winter Chills --; Irish Spring --; Exiting Éire --; The Golden Summer --; Going Home; 2; b
N2  - Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. Women's Studies. Still sassy, Doris Gregory takes the reader back over seventy years to when she joined the Canadian Women's Army Corps during WWII. Her memoir allows us to travel with her across the Atlantic at the height of the U-boat infestation and to take refuge in underground shelters while bombs fall on London. Unlike most memoirs of the war that focus on battles, Gregory shows the everyday mundane activities of office life, working under some less-than-brilliant supervisors. Gregory transforms what could have been a dull soldier's life into one of small adventures: cycling along traffic- free roads through southern England, the midlands and Scottish lowlands, hopping on the ferry to Ulster, slipping into neutral, forbidden Éire, and looking into the gun barrel of an angry German sentry. Although at times the war weighs heavily upon her, the author's optimism, enthusiasm and sense of humor permeate this memoir, full of laughter and surprises. --
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