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Two gold coins and a prayer : the epic journey of a World War II bomber pilot, evader, and POW

Presents the story of James H. Keeffe, Jr.'s experiences during World War II as a B-24 Bomber pilot from his enlistment, through his training, into battle, his capture, and his time as a POW in Germany
Print Book, English, 2010
1st ed
Appell Pub., Fall City, Wash., 2010
Biographies
vii, 475 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
9780984360000, 098436000X
698377995
Introductioni
Forewordiii
Prefacv
Big `B'
1(20)
How It All Began
21(34)
Missions
55(34)
Evasion
89(90)
Interrogation
179(32)
POW
211(70)
The March
281(44)
Liberation!
325(44)
Going Home
369(30)
Epilogue399(2)
Afterword401(8)
Appendix A Night and Fog Decree409(4)
Appendix B The Notorious False Escape Route Known as the KLM Line413(6)
Appendix C Liberators419(14)
Appendix D Documents433(6)
Appendix E War Department Letters439(4)
Appendix F Foreign Correspondence443(18)
Acknowledgments461(4)
Index465(12)
About the Authors477
Includes index