The Flame Keepers: The True Story of an American Soldier's Survival Inside Stalag 17
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Book Description
ed Handy was captured by Germans in April 1944, after his B-24 was shot down. Sent to Stalag 17, the infamous Nazi prison camp, Handy soon led an escape team determined to tunnel to freedom. Along with the unforgettable comrades he vividly describes, Handy worked relentlessly for months on a tunnel that was to prove instrumental in saving the lives of four fugitives sought by the Gestapo. One of those fugitives would become the only American ever to escape permanently from Stalag 17. The Flame Keepers is a vivid first-hand account of an American soldier's experience as a prisoner of war in Nazi Germany and a poignant portrait of the POWs who worked to survive within the wire and their German captors. Illustrated with original photographs taken inside the camp from a smuggled camera and published for the first time in the trade press, The Flame Keepers recounts one of World War II's great untold stories.
About the Author
Ned Handy enlisted at age 19, four months after Pearl Harbor. Shot down on his bomb group's ninth mission against the Nazis, he survived a year in Stalag 17. At war's end, the GI Bill put him through MIT. Now Senior Vice Commander of the Stalag 17 Association, he lives with his wife in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Kemp Battle, author of two books, is an occasional contributor to the Today show. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Academy of American Poets and lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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