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245 14 a| The last mission of the Wham Bam boys :b| courage, tragedy, and justice in World War II /c| Gregory A. Freeman.;

250 a| 1st paperback ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Palgrave Macmillan,c| 2012.;

300 a| x, 236 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-233) and index.;

520 a| Tells the riveting story of a nine-man American bomber crew after they were forced to bail out over Germany in August, 1944. Quickly taken prisoner by a mob of angry farmers, shopkeepers, railroad workers, women, and children, the soldiers were marched into the nearby town of Russelsheim and assaulted with stones, bricks, and wooden clubs before being left for dead at the nearby cemetery. Drawing from trial records, government archives, interviews with family members, and personal letters, author Gregory A. Freeman follows two army officers charged with investigating the murders, and brings to life the dramatic story of how the depravations of war led the citizens of a sleepy German village to commit horrific acts.;

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The last mission of the Wham Bam boys : courage, tragedy, and justice in World War II / Gregory A. Freeman.

Author/creator	Freeman, Gregory A.
Format	Book
Edition	1st paperback ed.
Publication Info	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Description	x, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects	United States. Army Air Forces--Airmen. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. --Germany. --Rüsselsheim. Lynching--Germany. --Rüsselsheim. World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns. --Germany. Bombing, Aerial--Moral and ethical aspects. Civilians in war--Germany. --Rüsselsheim. Rüsselsheim (Germany)--History. --20th century.

Abstract	Tells the riveting story of a nine-man American bomber crew after they were forced to bail out over Germany in August, 1944. Quickly taken prisoner by a mob of angry farmers, shopkeepers, railroad workers, women, and children, the soldiers were marched into the nearby town of Russelsheim and assaulted with stones, bricks, and wooden clubs before being left for dead at the nearby cemetery. Drawing from trial records, government archives, interviews with family members, and personal letters, author Gregory A. Freeman follows two army officers charged with investigating the murders, and brings to life the dramatic story of how the depravations of war led the citizens of a sleepy German village to commit horrific acts.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-233) and index.
LCCN	2010044091
ISBN	0230341160
ISBN	9780230341166

The last mission of the Wham Bam boys : courage, tragedy, and justice in World War II / Gregory A. Freeman.

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