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Received this last month. I don't know much about it, other than what is stated. I am copying this verbatim from the email.

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THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU'VE NEVER READ ANYTHING LIKE IT!!

 

Suitable for SENIORS, STUDENTS.

BABY BOOMERS AND SERVICEMEN

and MEN WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II

 

THE BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE!!

In a series of gripping true stories the reader accompanies young American infantrymen from the invasion of France to final victory in Germany. In addition the reader discovers:

 

Why General George S. Patton sent 300 American soldiers on a secret mission impossible;

 

How the Mafia saved thousands of GI lives;

 

Why American prisoners of war were taken out of a POW camp and transferred to the notorious Berga concentration camp;

 

The untold story of how GIs, trained at Fort Ritchie, Maryland, (called the Ritchie Boys) helped turn the tide in the Battle of the Bulge;

 

And many more untold stories of WWII.

 

Detailed accounts of the endurance of young GIs during the Battle of the Bulge precede their ultimate horrific discovery of the Dachau concentration camp. The GIs’ reactions and the shooting at the wall are vividly recreated from personal interviews of men who were there.

 

The Day the Thunderbird Cried is about heroes and villains, liberators and survivors and provides a detailed background on how Adolf Hitler brainwashed 60 million Germans into allowing it all to happen.

Available at:

 

Emek Press, 1200 Mira Mar, Suite 1001, Medford, OR 97504

email: emek18@charter.net

*$19.45 plus $4.85 P/H


Added info:Pattons plan to liberate Hamelburg POW camp is in a book The Hamelburg raid. TF Baum? To get Pattons son inlaw out of the camp. more good reading.

 

The Ritchie Boys trained at Camp Ritchie Md. in 43-44. Just made a documentary movie about their work in WW2 See your local library about the CD movie on loaner.

 

The thunderbirds are the 45th ID 5th and 7th Army. NOte: Being and Indian OKie National Guard Division their patch before WW2 was an indian swatika! Changed toa T-bird before WW2 The old patch is collectible!


Here's a couple of links for everyone.

 

http://208.56.11.96/Invision/index.php?sho...ic=1282&hl=baum

 

I talked to co-author German Lt. Col. Peter Domes a few times through email and have visited his site which is also listed in the link above.

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This one is a forum post from you Paul:

 

http://208.56.11.96/Invision/index.php?sho...pic=642&hl=baum