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001			on1330718280
003			OCoLC
005			20230209091936.0
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040			_aWIM _beng _erda _cWIM _dOCLCF _dZR1 _dROC _dIMT _dWIS _dNFG
020			_a9781645383147 _q(paperback)
020			_a1645383148 _q(paperback)
020			_a9781645383154 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1645383156 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1330718280
092			_a940.5481 _bA727
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aArmbruster, John, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aTailspin / _cJohn Armbruster.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aWaukesha, WI : _bTen16 Press, _c[2022]
264		4	_c©2022
300			_a421 pages : _billustrations, map ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 378-421).
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Map -- Flying fortress diagram -- 1. The secret story -- 2. Fibbing flyboy -- 3. Gunner Gene -- 4. Closer than brothers -- 5. "It's just a job." -- A thousand ways to die -- 7. Bremen -- 8. Gangster -- 9. Celebrity -- 10. The telegram -- 11. Solitary -- 12. Kriegie -- 13. The bowels of hell -- 14. Dreams of roast duck -- 15. Death march -- 16. Liberation -- 17. Homecoming -- 18. The family's war -- 19. The toughest to ever draw breath -- 20. A place in a woods -- Epilogue -- Photos -- Acknowledgments.
520			_a"World War II tail gunner Gene Moran fell four miles through the sky without a parachute and lived. Captured by the Germans, he survived a harrowing eighteen months as a prisoner of war, including a six-hundred-mile death march in 1945 across Central Europe. When Gene returned home, he kept those memories locked up for nearly seventy years. His nine children knew little of their dad's war story. But when John, a young history teacher, learns of Gene's amazing fall, he's desperate to learn more. Finally, Gene agrees. So begins a series of "Thursdays with Gene" interviews. Gene, nearing his ninetieth birthday, recounts incredible tales. But John has no idea what wounds he's reopening. Gene's nightmares and grief return. But both men persevere, bonded by their close and growing friendship. As the interviews go on, John faces an ordeal of his own. His wife is fighting brain cancer. What will happen to his wife and his two young children? John must continue uncovering Gene's story of survival as he himself confronts the greatest trial of his life. Tailspin is more than a war story. It's a story of two men's separate journeys confronting trauma and loss. It's a story of resilience and hope"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aMoran, Eugene P.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945. _923338
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xAerial operations, American. _93642
651		0	_aUnited States _xArmed Forces _xAerial gunners _vBiography.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xPrisoners and prisons, German. _99095
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _vPersonal narratives, American. _955960
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c360654 _d360654