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Tailspin
Armbruster, John (John M.)2022
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World War II tail gunner Gene Moran fell four miles through the sky without a parachute and lived. Captured by the Germans, he survived a harrowing eighteen months as a prisoner of war, including a six-hundred-mile death march in 1945 across Central Europe. When Gene returned home, he kept those memories locked up for nearly seventy years. His nine children knew little of their dad's war story. But when John, a young history teacher, learns of Gene's amazing fall, he's desperate to learn more. Finally, Gene agrees. So begins a series of "Thursdays with Gene" interviews. Gene, nearing his ninetieth birthday, recounts incredible tales. But John has no idea what wounds he's reopening. Gene's nightmares and grief return. But both men persevere, bonded by their close and growing friendship. As the interviews go on, John faces an ordeal of his own. His wife is fighting brain cancer. What will happen to his wife and his two young children? John must continue uncovering Gene's story of survival as he himself confronts the greatest trial of his life. Tailspin is more than a war story. It's a story of two men's separate journeys confronting trauma and loss. It's a story of resilience and hope--.
Main title:
Tailspin / John Armbruster.
Author:
Armbruster, John (John M.), author
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
Waukesha, WI : Ten16 Press, [2022].©2022.
Collation:
421 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-421).
Contents:
The secret storyFibbing flyboyGunner GeneCloser than brothers"It's just a job."A thousand ways to dieBremenGangsterCelebrityThe telegramSolitaryKriegieThe bowels of hellDreams of roast duckDeath marchLiberationHomecomingThe family's warThe toughest to ever draw breathA place in a woods.
ISBN:
1645383156 (hardcover)1645383148 (pbk)9781645383154 (hardcover)9781645383147 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.5481 MOR940.5481
LC class:
D811
Language:
English
Subject:
Moran, Eugene P.1939-1945Armed Forces -- Aerial gunnersWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, GermanWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, AmericanMilitary operations, Aerial -- AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945United States -- Armed Forces -- Aerial gunners -- BiographyPersonal narratives -- AmericanBiographies
BRN:
102419
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