For the Fifty.
And everyone else.
He’s gotta be more than 4 foot 3.
btt
I’ve been a lurking freeper for many years, with a handful of posts to my name, but hundreds of hours of reading.
Just to comment: my father’s cousin was one of these same airmen, on a B-17 that was shot down at age 18 over Kiel in October ’43. He was a POW for 16 months, culminated in a forced march for 18 days, until liberation by Patton’s 3rd army.
He finally wrote a book on his experiences, published last fall. He describes participation in tunnel building, how they would hide dirt in their pockets to spread it, but they never made it as far as those on the Great Escape movie. His book is amazing. Magnificent. Gripping and sweeping. His story is so inspiring, from training to first combat missions, to surviving when the wing of his B-17 was blown off, and then the POW and liberation experience. You feel like you are right there, and you get a sense of the Yankee spirit of the day, a sense of pride and country, what we feel a bit of on Free Republic, and what our country needs to feel again.
I don’t know if I can mention the name of his book here, so I won’t, but would just comment that we can’t salute these men enough, and that applies to our entire military. I’m proud to share the same last name as my second cousin, and anyone could take it from there if interested in tracking down this book.
T. Matheny
Obama’s grandfather was liberating Auschwitz while these guys were living the Hogan’s Heroes high life.
I don’t think it makes a lot of sense either.
Ping!
Great Escape bump!