| Walk to Freedom: Kriegsgefangenen #6410: Prisoner of War Revised and Exp Edition Contributor(s): Lenburg, Jeff (Editor), Lenburg, John L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0990328740 ISBN-13: 9780990328742 Publisher: Moonwater Press OUR PRICE: $19.94 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 338 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The Remarkable Story of One Man Who Survived to Tell It All June 30, 1944, fifty members of the United States 460th Bomb Group embarked on an important mission to destroy German oil refineries in Silesia, Hungary, only to come under heavy attack. Above the cloud cover, German twin-engine Me-410 fighters firing 20-millimeter cannons blasted seven B-24s out of the sky. Seventeen U.S. airmen were killed, twenty-four captured, with many burned, wounded, or beaten by Hungarian peasants after parachuting to the ground. This single event marked the beginning of a heart-wrenching episode in the life of one airman: T/Sgt. John L. Lenburg. On his thirty-sixth mission, he was shot down along with the crew of their B-24, "Miss Fortune," over enemy lines near Lake Balaton, Hungary. Taken prisoner (or "Kriegsgefangenen #6410," the code name the German gave him), he never knew if he would see his homeland again. WALK TO FREEDOM: Kriegsgefangenen #6410 - Prisoner of War is Lenburg's powerful, compelling account of his 327 days of imprisonment and long walk to freedom eleven months after his capture. Recalling the inhumane treatment and horrific conditions of his encampment, the missions and memories, and the reunions of the few who survived fifty years later, this revised and expanded, illustrated memoir demonstrates why Lenburg and his crew were "the greatest generation" of their time. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lenburg, Jeff: - JOHN L. LENBURG is the author of five books, including a multi-volume Lenburg ancestry based on more than a decade of genealogy research. Lenburg retired to northwest Indiana after working 30 years as a manager with Sears Roebuck & Co. and frequently lectured about his days as a prisoner of war until his death in 2000. |