THIS BOOK HAS BEEN SOLD

MOLLY'S BOOTS

Neal "Molly" Chapline

Harlo Press, 1983. NF/VG+. Slight scuffing to jacket, which is in a mylar protector. Drawing, photographs, index of individuals, units & places. 440 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Neal Chapline, a well-known radio personality before the war, was sworn into the Marine Corps shortly after Pearl Harbor as a Volunteer Civilian Recruiter, and soon became known as "Molly of the Marines", broadcasting bi-weekly programs in which she read letters written to her from Marines across the country and the Pacific. From the Epilogue: "...The thousands of Marine letters, clippings and pictures were packed in boxes and moved with Molly wherever she went in hopes that some day she could put them together for publication in book form. The necessity of earning a living precluded this for over forty years. Finally there was time to read them over and select the most interesting for inclusion in the proposed book. This task alone took months. It is Molly's hope that some how she will be able to send these priceless items back to those who sent them to her, or to their families, as mementoes of one of the most tragically glorious episodes in our history. Also, as a little remembrance of one small woman whose love for her Boots and Leathernecks alike was so great it encompassed the entire Marine Corps."

From The Marine Recruiter, December 1942: "...'A half-pint dynamo of loveliness and sincerity, pounding out letters to our Marines, cheering them with neighborhood news, comforting their loved ones....' are the fitting words used by the mother of a Detroit Marine to describe Michigan's famous Molly of the Marines..."

OUT OF PRINT.

$35.00