Fighting <i>Your</i> War

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>When Trautman returned to the United States, he was invited to speak at the annual luncheon for the Council on Books in Wartime. At the February 1, 1945 event, Trautman spoke about his experiences in Europe—from the insufficient quantity of books to finding an Armed Services Edition on the floor of an operating room that had a bloody fingerprint on every page for the first portion of the book. He pleaded with the publishers to do whatever they could to print more Armed Services Editions for the Army. The publishers knew Trautman was asking them to forgo their one-half-cent royalty earned on every Armed Services Edition. After much debate, they decided to provide this option to all publishers so that more books could be printed on the Army’s limited budget.</jats:p>