Passages: They Left the Back Door Open (Parts 1 - 3)

Lionel Shapiro Hits the Right Tone

Introduction:

Lionel Shapiro was one of 17 war correspondents listed in a news column re Sicily and published in The Winnipeg Tribune in July 1943. Each correspondent is worthy of attention, and pursuit via research.

I stumbled onto a reference to Shapiro's book in the back pages of a used book I was thumbing through at Attic Bookstore in London earlier this year, ordered it via AbeBooks, read it thoroughly and concluded - after reading each page - it was worth every penny.

Please link to significant passages or excerpts from They Left the Back Door Open:

They Left the Back Door Open Part 1

Drawing from Eclipse by Alan Moorehead

They Left the Back Door Open Part 2

"Every strip of usable beach was organized as a miniature port."

A view of supply and infantry landing craft on a beach near Syracuse.

Photo - Facing page 15 in They Left the Back Door Open 

They Left the Back Door Open Part 3

My father's WWII helmet. Saw action in Sicily and Italy, 1943. GH

Please link to Passages from Eclipse by Alan Moorehead (Parts 1 - 4)

Unattributed Photos GH