Not Without Honor: The Nazi POW Journal of Steve Carano; With Accounts by John C. Bitzer and Bill Blackmon

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University of Arkansas Press, Sep 1, 2008 - History - 159 pages
Not Without Honor threads together the stories of three American POWs—Carano; his buddy Bill Blackmon, who was also at Stalag 17 b; and John C. Bitzer, who survived the brutal “Death March” from northern Germany to liberation in April 1945. At times the journal reads like a thriller as he records air battles and escape attempts. Yet in their most gripping accounts, these POWs ruminate on psychological survival. The sense of community they formed was instrumental to their endurance. This compelling book allows the reader to journey with these young men as they bore firsthand witness to the best and worst of human nature.
 

Contents

I Claudio Steve Caranos Wartime Log
3
II John C Bitzers Wartime Log
105
III Bill Blackmons Story
127
Afterword
147
Further Readings
151
Index
157
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Kay Sloan is a novelist and poet and professor of English at Miami University in Ohio. Among her books are The Patron Saint of Red Chevys, a Barnes and Noble ""Discover Great New Writers"" selection, and The Birds Are On Fire, winner of the New Women's Voices Prize. Lewis H. Carlson is professor emeritus of history at Western Michigan University and the author of We Were Each Other's Prisoners: An Oral History of World War II American and German Prisoners of War.

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