The last mission of the wham bam boys: courage, tragedy, and justice in World War II

Military historian Gregory A. Freeman brings to life for the first time the dramatic story of a young American bomber crew that was forced to bail out overGermany in August 1944. After landing, they were captured and lynched in a two-hour assault by local townspeople who had fallen prey to the worst impulses of the ravages of war. The families of these airmen were never told what actually happened to their loved ones and the few survivors had to carry this burden alone for years. After the war, a highly dramatic trial took place in the German town, forcing the locals to confront their wartime atrocity. Drawing fromgovernment archives, photos, trial records, interviews with family members, and letters home from the crew, Freeman creates a vivid narrative of the dramatic event and follows the survivors' moving, sometimes heartrending, efforts tounderstand how good men could die in such a terrible way and how those left behind are supposed to go on. GREGORY A. FREEMAN is an award-winning writer with more than 25 years' experience in Journalism and Historical nonfiction. He has won over two dozen awards for his writing, including the coveted Sigma Delta Chi Award for Excellence from the Society of Professional Journalists. His books include Troubled Water, The Forgotten 500, and the acclaimed Sailors to the End. He lives in Roswell, Georgia, USA. INDICE: Introduction - Black Sorrow - Dreams and Nightmares - Winding Down- Rookie Run - Welcoming - Stations of the Cross - Waiting, Praying, Hoping -Deep Regret - Investigations - 'I Will Reveal Nothing' - The Trial - A Slip by the Censor - 'It Was Not My Task' - 'Conduct So Brutal' - Verdicts

• ISBN: 978-0-230-10854-7
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 24/06/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés