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“If only there were more books and a greater variety of titles.”
““I was treated like royalty,” Trautman remembered after the war.”
“MacArthur was used to commanding and having things his way, and he planned to keep a tight grip on his own theater.”
“There was little doubt that the Pacific theater would see many more.”
“Many troops felt stranded on desert islands—because they were.”
“These were the men who needed a morale boost.”
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“To MacArthur, solitary reading was antagonistic to the Army’s aims.”
“His father, Arthur MacArthur, Jr., kept a library of four thousand books that the General ultimately inherited.”
“One of the biggest was the lack of a system for the storage of any supplies in the Southwest Pacific.”
“When word spread that the Chief Librarian of the Army was paying a visit, soldiers rushed to request their favorite periodicals and book genres.”
“Many nights, MacArthur turned to these books, often choosing challenging texts to sharpen his mind; light-hearted fiction was conspicuously absent.”
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“To give troops what they wanted and needed most, Trautman endeavored to understand what these soldiers most wanted to read.”
“This resulted in the destruction of brand-new weaponry and gear, and a crushing cycle of equipment shortages.”
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“When Trautman met with MacArthur, it quickly became clear to him that the General had no desire for his soldiers to be supplied with books and magazines.”
“At the time, the paperback was in its infancy.”
“Contemporary titles and best-sellers were not to be found in soft covers.”
“One encounter made a deep impression on him.”
“A high percentage of every shipload of supplies faced casualties without even being unpacked.”
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