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005 20191109072903.2
008 750130s1960 nyu 000 0 eng
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049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aSimmons, Kenneth W.
245 10 $aKriegie /$cby Kenneth W. Simmons.
260 $aNew York :$bThomas Nelson & Sons,$c©1960.
300 $a256 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
505 0 $a"Our target is Mainz" -- "Pilot to crew : bail out!" -- "Eight, nine, ten, pull!" -- The first interrogation -- Overnight prison stop -- Luft gangsters -- In solitary at Dulag Luft -- Red Cross packages mean heaven -- The worst railroad journey of my life -- Initiation into Stalag Luft III -- A freshman Kriegie -- Surprises -- The goons search the camp -- Operation George -- Rumors of Christmas -- The great bash -- The escape -- The Russians draw near -- The march of death -- The halt at Muskau -- Hell in a cattle car -- The latrine revolt -- The sweat-out -- The Battle of Mooseberg -- Epilogue.
520 $aKenneth W. Simmons was a bombardier on board one of the B-24 liberators of 389th Bombardment Group stationed in Europe during the Second World War. As the war ground to a close he had the sheer bad luck to be shot down in October 1944 near Bad Kreuznach and was captured and made prisoner of war. In this book he gives a vivid description of the life of POWs in the American section of Stalag Luft III (in what is now Poland) during the final months of the war, ending with the winter forced-march away from the camp, escaping the advancing Russian troops, and eventually being liberated.
590 $bInternet Archive - 2
590 $bInternet Archive 2
610 20 $aStalag Luft III.
610 27 $aStalag Luft III.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00726793
611 27 $aWorld War (1939-1945)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01180924
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPrisoners and prisons, German.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, American.
648 7 $a1939-1945$2fast
655 7 $aPersonal narratives$vAmerican.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01424071
776 08 $iOnline version:$aSimmons, Kenneth W.$tKriegie.$dNew York, Nelson [1960]$w(OCoLC)566192012
994 $a92$bERR
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