For You the War Is Over [Audio CD]

Aaron Elson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2008

"For You the War Is Over" includes nine interviews on 10 CDs with former prisoners of war in World War II. Bob Levine, a Pfc. in the 90th Infantry Division, was wounded and captured in Normandy, and his leg was amputated by a German surgeon. More than four decades later, on an emotional visit to Normandy, he met the family of the doctor who amputated his leg (the doctor had since passed away). Tim Dyas, a sergeant in the 82nd Airborne Division, parachuted with his squad into the middle of a German tank division during the invasion of Sicily. Ed Hays, a tail gunner on a B-17, traveled to Berlin with three generations of his family in tow to meet the German fighter pilot who shot down his plane, and whose ME-109 was at the same time shot down by Hays' bomber. Karnig Thomasian was a prisoner of the Japanese. Hal Mapes was one of only two survivors of a B-17 that crashed with another bomber over Chartres, France; Sergeant Jim Koerner of the 10th Armored Division was captured during the Battle of the Bulge; Bernie Levine took part in what likely was the only regular Jewish prayer services -- clandestine, of course -- in a Nazi prison camp. Murray Levine was captured during the fierce fighting in Anzio; Lieutenant Charlie Eberle escaped twice from a German prison camp. Every one of these stories is compelling.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Chi Chi Press (2008)
• ASIN: B0015KNGZA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,292,010 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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