Summary of Mitchell Zuckoff's Lost in Shangri-La

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#1 In May 1945, a Western Union messenger made his rounds through the quiet village of Owego, in upstate New York. He stopped at a house with a small porch and empty flower boxes. Inside, he found Patrick Hastings, a widower who had lost both his wife and his eldest daughter in the war.

#2 The first generation of women to serve in the US military was sent to war zones around the world. The military had outsourced the delivery of bad news, and its bearers had been busy: the combat death toll among Americans neared 300,000.

#3 When Owego’s newspaper learned of the telegram, Patrick Hastings told a reporter about Margaret’s most recent letter home. In it, she described a recreational flight up the New Guinea coast and wrote that she hoped to take another sightseeing trip soon.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822507128

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Insights on Mitchell Zuckoff's Lost in Shangri-La

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In May 1945, a Western Union messenger made his rounds through the quiet village of Owego, in upstate New York. He stopped at a house with a small porch and empty flower boxes. Inside, he found Patrick Hastings, a widower who had lost both his wife and his eldest daughter in the war.

#2

The first generation of women to serve in the US military was sent to war zones around the world. The military had outsourced the delivery of bad news, and its bearers had been busy: the combat death toll among Americans neared 300,000.

#3

When Owego’s newspaper learned of the telegram, Patrick Hastings told a reporter about Margaret’s most recent letter home. In it, she described a recreational flight up the New Guinea coast and wrote that she hoped to take another sightseeing trip soon.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Margaret Hastings, a WAC, was assigned to work in a tent with five other women. She was given men's pants that were too big for her, and she used the material to make them fit.

#2

On May 13, 1945, Germany surrendered unconditionally. Five days earlier, Adolf Hitler had killed himself in his bunker. Other Nazi leaders were in custody. The concentration camps were being liberated, their horrors exposed.

#3

The war in the Pacific was still a very ongoing struggle. On May 13, 1945, more than 130 American fighters and bombers attacked Japanese targets in southern and eastern China. Ten B-24 Liberators bombed an underground hangar on Moen Island.

#4

New Guinea was a largely unexplored tropical island roughly the size of California. Its inhabitants spoke more than one thousand languages, which was about one-sixth of the world’s total.

#5

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