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Posted by Sheila
on 5/13/2008, 2:22 pm, in reply to "(no subject)"
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Hello Nancy.
You are one of the lucky ones to have your Dad close by and willing to speak about his experiences. He is leaving you a legacy by sharing his history!
These books you mentioned are wonderful! I have most of them. There is also one other that you didn't mention that was written by J Francis Angier who was a pilot with the 457th. 'Ready or Not. Into the Wild Blue Yonder.'
He was taken POW and he gives a very graphic account of his injuries and the time when he was a prisoner.
I hope he doesn't mind me giving his book a plug! I had two Uncles who were taken prisoner. One by the Japanese and one by the Germans. Neither were able to speak of their time in captivity, so this book of Mr Angiers has certainly be of great interest to me, and made me even more grateful to all of the military men and women for what they endured during WWII, and also the previous and later wars!
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