Pow #3959 : memoir of a World War II airman shot down over Germany /

Pow #3959 : memoir of a World War II airman shot down over Germany /

"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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sirianni, Ralph E., 1923-
Other Authors: Brown, Patricia I., 1931-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2006]
Subjects:
Sirianni, Ralph E., > 1923-
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.
Table of 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.