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Pow #3959 : memoir of a World War II airman shot down over Germany / Ralph E. Sirianni with Patricia I. Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sirianni, Ralph E., 1923-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sirianni, Ralph E., 1923-.
- Sirianni, Ralph E.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- Prisoners of war--Germany--Biography.
- Prisoners of war.
- Germany.
- Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- American.
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Pow number 3959
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2006]
- Summary:
- "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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0786422971
- OCLC:
- 62127854
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