TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lynn,Vera
AU  - Lewis-Jones,Virginia
TI  - Keep smiling through: my wartime story 
SN  - 9781780898346 (hbk.) :
AV  - D767.6 
U1  - 940.5425 LYN 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - London
PB  - Century
KW  - Lynn, Vera.
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Personal narratives, British
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Burma
KW  - Warfare and Defence
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Maps on lining papers; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - '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
ER  -