Amy Lynn Green brings faith and shared adventures on "The Foxhole Victory Tour", set in WWII
“The FOXHOLE VICTORY TOUR”, a novel by Amy Lynn Green (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
During WWII, entertainers from across the US were recruited to travel to various locations around the world, wherever American military were stationed. Their job was to lift the spirits of the GIs, the sailors, the Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and the Army Air Corps. (This incredible organization still exists, and still does the same thing.) The most famous were the stars of the day, especially Bob Hope, who was legendary in his determination to go absolutely wherever any service-member was, in order to brighten their day. Not all the entertainers were well-known, but they all wanted to serve the troops.
This is the story of one such troupe, recruited through auditions, with no prior knowledge of each other nor any idea that they might be sent into a “hot” zone. It is a fictional account, but it could have easily been a genuine one.
Meet the players: Maggie McCloud, trumpeter (background Salvation Army family), quick wit, brash, tall, attractive redhead. Catherine Duquette: exceptional violinist, quiet, shy, beautiful. She grew up with every financial privilege Maggie lacked, but her house is a battlefield between her intense and overbearing father (who considers music a waste of her time) and her equally-stubborn and controlling mother (who is trying to live her dream throw her daughter). There’s Judith Blair, attractive but jaded, a more mature blues singer who has a secret she’s hiding (as well as her actual age); Howard Jones, veteran of WWI and a ventriloquist, harmonica player, tap dancer and one-man show; and Gabriel Kaminski, magician, whose father was a great magician, and who has a mysterious limp.
Clad in khaki USO uniforms, the troupe heads overseas as a “foxhole” tour. It gets very serious now, as they realize they are headed to the hotly-contested North African Theater of war. They’ll be as close to the front lines as possible. They must work together to put on a great show and to stay safe in a war zone. It’s not easy to stay pretty and perky amidst the dust, and riding in a deuce and a half truck on non-existent roads. There is a big perk possible: the manager will choose one of the five to send on the Pepsodent Show with Bob Hope!
But as the tour continues, braving enemy attacks and barely sleeping in tents, surviving diseases and injuries, the quintet becomes close to each other. They learn secrets all were keeping and realize they have a wonderful time performing with each other. Who will get the offer? And will Gabriel and Maggie realize their attraction for each other is deeper because of their faith journies?
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