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  • WWII Veteran Tells His Story

    11/09/2003 8:16:12 AM PST · by snippy_about_it · 6 replies · 177+ views
    Fayetteville Observer ^ | 11/09/2003 | Jim Washington - staff writer
    WWII veteran tells his story By Jim WashingtonStaff writer A frightened World War II tail gunner jumps from his airplane as flames engulf it. Photo by Stephanie Bruce Maurice Braswell, a former judge who lives in Fayetteville, wrote a book about his experiences in World War II. He survives the fall into enemy territory, finds an Allied sympathizer and organizes an escape. Instead of escaping, he is captured and thrown into a POW camp. There, he meets a European princess who becomes a lifelong friend. Mark Walter Braswell could hardly believe the events he was reading about. "It read like...