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100 1 $aFreeman, Gregory A.
245 14 $aThe last mission of the Wham Bam boys :$bcourage, tragedy, and justice in World War II /$cGregory A. Freeman.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
300 $ax, 236 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [230]-233) and index.
520 $aTells the riveting story of a nine-man American bomber crew after they were forced to bail out over Germany in August, 1944. Quickly taken prisoner by a mob of angry farmers, shopkeepers, railroad workers, women, and children, the soldiers were marched into the nearby town of Russelsheim and assaulted with stones, bricks, and wooden clubs before being left for dead at the nearby cemetery. Drawing from trial records, government archives, interviews with family members, and personal letters, author Gregory A. Freeman follows two army officers charged with investigating the murders, and brings to life the dramatic story of how the depravations of war led the citizens of a sleepy German village to commit horrific acts.
505 0 $aBlack sorrow -- Dreams and nightmares -- Winding down -- Rookie run -- Welcoming -- Stations of the cross -- Running south -- Deep regret -- Investigations -- "I will reveal nothing" -- The trial -- A slip by the censor -- "It was not my task" -- "Conduct so brutal" -- Verdicts -- "Norm knew."
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAtrocities$zGermany$zRüsselsheim.
650 0 $aLynching$zGermany$zRüsselsheim.
651 0 $aRüsselsheim (Germany)$xHistory$y20th century.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy Air Forces$xAirmen.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zGermany.
650 0 $aBombing, Aerial$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aCivilians in war$zGermany$zRüsselsheim.
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