Title: Pow #3959 : memoir of a World War II airman shot down over Germany /
Authors: Sirianni, Ralph E., 1923-; Brown, Patricia I., 1931-
Publisher: McFarland,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Sirianni, Ralph E.,; World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, German.; World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American.; World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American.; Prisoners of war Germany Biography; Prisoners of war United States Biography
Abstract: "This memoir offers harrowing stories of combat, including detailed descriptions of each of Sirianni's combat missions; reveals the horrors of confinement and the despair of skin-of-the-teeth survival; and remembers camaraderie in the face of German abuse"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: From high school quarterback to aerial gunner -- Combat training -- Going overseas -- The missions -- Captured -- Dulag Luft interrogation center -- Stalag Luft I: the first three months -- Stalag Luft I: things get worse -- Stalag Luft I: the last days -- Going home at last -- Revisiting Stalag Luft I years later -- Searching for the plane's crash site.