{
  "id": 457545,
  "title": "How JD Salinger’s Experience of WWII Suffused All of His Writing, Even Catcher in the Rye",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/how-jd-salingers-experience-of-wwii-suffused-all-of-his-writing-even",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-10T09:10:37.000Z",
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    "slug": "literary-hub",
    "url": "https://lithub.com/how-jd-salingers-experience-of-wwii-suffused-all-of-his-writing-even-catcher-in-the-rye/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Among the things troops carried with them on the battlefields of World War II was the “heart shield bible”—a pocket-sized, government-issued book of scripture, sometimes with a metal cover, that fit snugly in a G.I.’s standard-issue shirt pocket. In at",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}