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Rite of Passage a Teenager's Chronicle of Combat and Captivity in Nazi Germany

Drawing on a vast array of original source material that has survived for decades and previously classified information, this thrilling narrative history documents a young soldier's miraculous survival in war-torn Europe during World War II. Soon after joining the U.S. Army Corps, a wiry, baby-faced 17-year-old found himself a seasoned warrior desperately battling head-to-head against the Luftwaffe's best fighter pilots over Nazi Germany. Having amazingly escaped the fiery wreckage of his B-17, he relied on his ingenuity and determination to get him through two bitter winters in confinement as.

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