Keep smiling through :

Lynn, Vera.

Keep smiling through : my wartime story / Vera Lynn with Virginia Lewis-Jones. - London : Century, 2017. - 286 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.

Maps on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'I was just 27 years old when I went to Burma. It was an experience that changed my life forever. Up until that time I had not really travelled anywhere at all, apart from one touring visit to Holland with a band I was singing with before the war, and I had certainly never been in an aeroplane. But I wanted to make a difference, to do my bit.' And she did. Written with her daughter, Virginia Lewis-Jones, this is a powerful and life-affirming account of the time Dame Vera Lynn spent with troops in wartime Burma. Based in part on a diary she kept, this book shows how her presence helped the soldiers, airmen and others who heard her sing.

9781780898346 (hbk.) : 16.99 1780898347 (hbk.) : 16.99


Lynn, Vera.


World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Burma.


Warfare and Defence.
Warfare and Defence.

D767.6

940.5425 LYN