The War Was In Color

 

My Queer War is the WWII memoir of James Lord, who I knew nothing about prior to picking up this book.  The title is an intentional double entendre–James Lord is gay and his war was weird.  He never saw combat and the vast majority of his service involved copious amounts of free time during which he was free to explore his sexuality in a way that he had never before considered possible.  Bouncing from POW camps to Picasso’s social scene to underground bars where gay servicemen could cavort openly, this is not your typical WWII story.

 

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