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Book Review of The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi-Occupied France

The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi-Occupied France
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A fascinating story about an Army Air Forces soldier, written by his grandson, showing how there is so much courage in many of us, and cowardice in others too. The author did a marvelous job interwinding the stories of the Allied airmen, the French Resistance and the collaborators, the Germans and others into a entertaining tale. His grandfather would be proud of him.

While France still hasn't come to terms as to how many of its citizens collaborated with the Germans, it's also true a great many French men and women were willing to pay the price, knowing how terrible it might be, to help their Allies.