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American author and journalist (–)

Charles Yale Harrison (16 June &#; 17 March ) was a Canadian-American writer and journalist, best known for his anti-war novella Generals Die in Bed.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Background

Charles Yale Harrison was born in in Philadelphia and was raised in Montreal, Quebec, where at age 15 he wrote his first short story.

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Career

At age sixteen he took an entry-level job with the Montreal Star newspaper. Harrison's journalistic career was pre-empted, however, when he enlisted with the th Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in to fight in World War I. After several months in a reserve battalion in England, Harrison transferred to the Royal Montreal Regiment and was sent to the Western Front.^[2]

The climax of Harrison's war experience came on 8 August when he participated in the first day of the Battle of Amiens.

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