Author: John L. Lenburg
Publisher: Moonwater Press
ISBN: 0990328759
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 421
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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 Germans 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. REVIEWS "A stirring account of experiences in the Army Air Force during World War II and particularly his time in a Nazi prison camp." - Indianapolis Star "A powerful saga of violence, suffering, strength of character and the determination to persevere...a welcome and much appreciated contribution to the growing library of World War II combatant biographies and eye-witness memoirs." --Midwest Book Review
Author: John L. Lenburg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780990328742
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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American POW survivor John L. Lenburg vividly recounts his experiences in the Army Air Force during World War II and tortuous eleven months of captivity in a Nazi concentration camp, including the inhumane treatment, horrific conditions, mental and physical abuse, starvation and doubts he would see his homeland again, in this compelling biography.
Author: Jeff Lenburg
Publisher: Moonwater Press
ISBN: 0996320679
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED NOVEL, SCARED TO DEATH, COMES HIS LATEST PAGE-TURNER Luke Beckett is anything but your average Hollywood vice squad detective. A cop who refuses to play the game, he is like some Avenging Angel always quick to judge, and to punish with his rock-hard fists those who don’t see his way. Forced to resign after a prostitute bust goes awry, he accepts a police lieutenant position in that God-forsaken place, Palm Springs, where there is hardly enough action to keep his blood circulating. That all changes when his ex-wife Marcia, since re-married to an aging American tycoon and one of Palm Springs’ wealthiest, most influential residents, is found murdered at a swank party under suspicious circumstances with hardly a clue. Assigned to investigate her murder, this short-tempered, superbly trained former big city cop finds more than he expects—a secret romance with a lesbian lover and possible mob connections to her untimely death and assassination attempt on his own life—in this engaging, thought-provoking original hard-boiled mystery.
Author: John L. Lenburg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996320634
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Matt Groening is a cartoonist, animator, and producer best known for creating "The Simpsons," television's longest-running primetime animated series. Although it debuted as a series of cartoon shorts for another television show in 1987, "The Simpsons" launched on its own in 1989, making the dysfunctional family of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie famous almost overnight. At the time, Groening was already a successful cartoonist, whose "Life in Hell" comic strip appeared in underground newspapers and book collections. The Simpsons became a cultural phenomenon while Groening went to create the animated science-fiction series "Futurama," launch a Simpsons-based publishing company called Bongo Comics, and produce "The Simpsons Movie.""Matt Groening: From Spitballs to Springfield" by Jeff Lenburg describes the life and career of one of animation's most successful artists, known for his unique drawing style and quirky sense of humor.
Author: John L. Lenburg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prisoners of war
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Author: Noit Hyde
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789996340246
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Freedom Walk is Noit's story as she grew up in Cambodia. At age eleven her life dramatically changed as the communist Khmer Rouge overthrew Cambodia. Their communist ideology centered on purging the residents of cities, who were the educated urban elite, in favor of the agrarian class of mostly uneducated rural farmers. They purposefully destroyed the entire nation, hoping to build a perfect "utopia" from the rubble. The result was one of the worst genocides of the 20th century in which the beautiful country of Cambodia became known simply as the "Killing Fields". Noit was enslaved, along with her entire family, and forced to work to build someone's dream of an agrarian utopia which only resembled a nightmare. Her life was constantly in danger as nearly everyone around her succumbed to torture, overwork and starvation. Nearly everyone in her family and millions of Cambodians perished at the hands of the Khmer Rouge. The journey of Noit's freedom was more than just escaping the encampment where she was enslaved and finding her way back to her home, but involved granting forgiveness to the very people who tried to destroy her life. Through her freedom walk, Noit is now truly free.
Author: Lorenzo Lamas
Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1941631266
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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Meet the real Lorenzo Lamas. Lorenzo Lamas has played many roles over the course of his roller coaster career. Star of two major television shows, five-time husband, and reality show star, Lamas has been tabloid fodder for decades. Fans can easily believe they have seen every side of Lamas. But the truth is far more interesting—and surprising. Son of film stars Fernando Lamas and Arlene Dahl, and stepson of swimmer and actress Esther Williams, Lorenzo was born into Hollywood royalty. But his path was not easy. Overweight and aimless as a child, he found it hard to live up to the expectations of his famous father, whose exploits made him the inspiration for the "most interesting man in the world." But Lorenzo surprised everyone, shaping up and ultimately winning countless black belts in tae kwon do and karate. Despite his father's early discouragement, he pursued acting, starring in Falcon Crest and Renegade. In Renegade at Heart, the Emmy– and Golden Globe–nominated actor pulls back the curtain to share his startling and explosive story—the money and notoriety, the fights and falling outs, his years of battling abandonment and attachment issues after his parents' divorce, his epic romances and tabloid—making marriages to his four ex-wives. He delves deep into his relationships with his six children and with his famous father, whose penetrating words of wisdom have guided him through turbulent times and to a sense of renewal and new beginnings. Featuring 50 rare, never-before-shared family and personal photographs from his private collection, Renegade at Heart is everything Lamas's millions of fans have been waiting for—the unvarnished truth and his side of his remarkable journey and fully fleshed rumination of the highs and lows of an extraordinary life and survival of an extraordinary man and actor.
Author: John Howard Maurer
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806509464
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Dour-faced Moe Howard with his sugar-bowl haircut, his bald, chubby brother Curly and frizzy-haired Larry have poked, slapped, ear-yanked and nose-twisted their way into people's hearts across the world - and into film history. Their nearly 200 two-reel comedies, made between 1933 and 1958, have been translated into over 25 languages, entertained nearly six generations of fans and are seen somewhere in the world every single day. The Three Stooges Scrapbook is a historical overview of their time in showbusiness.
Author: Bodh Prakash
Publisher: Pearson Education India
ISBN: 9788131719329
Category : Hindi literature
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Author: Martin Middlebrook
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1781598002
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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A detailed history of the American World War II bombing mission over Nazi Germany, by the author of The First Day on the Somme. On August 17, 1943, the entire strength of the American heavy bomber forces in England set out to raid two major industrial complexes deep in southern Germany: the Messerschmitt aircraft factory and the KGF ball bearing plant. For American commanders, it was the culmination of years of planning, the day when their self-defending formations of the famous Flying Fortress could at last perform their true role, reaching out by daylight to strike at targets in the deepest corners of industrial Germany. The day ended in disaster for the Americans. Thanks to the courage of the aircrews, the bombers won through to the targets and caused heavy damage, but sixty were shot down and the hopes of the American commanders were shattered. Historically, it was one of the most important days for the American air forces during the Second World War. While researching this catastrophic raid, author Martin Middlebrook interviewed hundreds of the airmen involved, German defenders, “slave workers,” and eyewitnesses. The result is a mass of fresh, previously unused material with which the author finally provides the full story of this famous day’s operations. Not only is the American side elaborated upon, but the previously vague German side of the story—both the Luftwaffe action and the civilian experiences in Schweinfurt and Regensburg—is also now presented clearly and in detail for the first time. Middlebrook also covers the important question of why the RAF did not support the American effort and follow up the raid on Schweinfurt as planned.
