Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys

<p>Elizabeth Richardson was a Red Cross volunteer who worked as a Clubmobile hostess during World War II. Handing out free doughnuts coffee cigarettes and gum to American soldiers in England and France she and her colleagues provided a touch of home--American girls with whom the boys could talk flirt dance and perhaps find companionship. Usually the job was not hazardous--except when V-1 and V-2 rockets rained down on London--but it required both physical endurance and the skills of a trained counselor. Liz Richardson is a witty writer and astute observer. Her letters and diaries reveal an intelligent independent and personable woman with a voice that rings true. With commentary by historian James H. Madison this book is an exceptional window into a past that is all too quickly fading from memory.</p>