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Hardcover Sitting It Out: A World War II Pow Memoir Book

ISBN: 0892633158

ISBN13: 9780892633159

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Sitting It Out: A World War II Pow Memoir

In 1941 Westheimer was in a B-24 that ditched off the coast of Italy. It was the first American plane to be lost over Italy in the early days of WW2. Behind enemy lines, the author & 6 other survivors were taken to a camp at Poggio Mirteto before being assigned to another Italian POW camp. After 9 months in captivity, the prisoners had a brief brush with freedom. Retaken by advancing Germans before they could escape, they were transported through the Alps, to Stalag Luft III. Westheimer spent 19 more months in German hands before he was finally liberated by American troops on April 29, 1945. Westheimer wrote this book shortly after his release. Photos. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Rated 5 stars
Excellent Writing, Excellent Story.

"Sitting It Out" by David Westheimer. Subtitled: "A World War II POW Memoir". Rice University Press, Houston, Texas, 1992. David Westheimer is probably best known for his 1964 novel, "Von Ryan's Express", which was made into the 1965 movie, of the same name, and starring Frank Sinatra. "Von Ryan's Express" is loosely based upon David Westheimer's experience in World War II. Westheimer served as a navigator on a B-24...

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Another look inside Stalg Luft III

David Westheimer takes us in for another look at the warbehind the barbed wire at Stalag Luft III. There are somenew details here about Stalag Luft III in a book that brings a more personal insight into the life of a POW inside Germany during World War II. I recommend this book to all those that have an interested in World War II, and the sub-genra of POW stories. As a note, David also wrote 'Von Ryan's Express', which...

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