Books

and other publications

The following publications or videos might be of interest to you (various images were captured from online search engines).  Many were written by or feature our Kriegies.  Some refer to other items of interest during WWII.  You may be able find many of them by entering their titles into your favorite search engines or checking the online book sites. You can check your local library for availability as well.  We are continually looking for other books written by or about our Kriegies.  If you have a publication to add to this page, please contact us by clicking here.


33 MONTHS AS A POW IN STALAG LUFT III - 
A World War II Airman Tells His Story
by 
Gen. Albert P. Clark
33 MONTHS AS A POW IN STALAG LUFT III -
A World War II Airman Tells His Story
by
Gen. Albert P. Clark
48 HOURS TO HAMMELBURG 
by
Charles Whiting
48 HOURS TO HAMMELBURG
by
Charles Whiting
A HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR in 100 Maps 
by 
Jeremy Black
A HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR in 100 Maps
by
Jeremy Black
A RAMBLE THROUGH 
MY WAR - Anzio 
and Other Joys
by 
Charles F. Marshall
A RAMBLE THROUGH
MY WAR - Anzio
and Other Joys
by
Charles F. Marshall
A TROJAN'S WAR - Love Story
by Bob MacArevey
A TROJAN'S WAR - Love Story
by Bob MacArevey
A WARTIME LOG - Many of our Kriegies kept a record of their experiences in journals
 or diaries such as these.
A WARTIME LOG - Many of our Kriegies kept a record of their experiences in journals
or diaries such as these.
ABUNDANCE OF VALOR 
by 
Will Irwin
ABUNDANCE OF VALOR
by
Will Irwin
ACHTUNG 1943-45 
OFLAG 64
50th Anniversary Book
ACHTUNG 1943-45
OFLAG 64
50th Anniversary Book
ADVENTURES OF 
A THUNDERBIRD
by 
Kriegy Oscar J. H. Thomas
ADVENTURES OF
A THUNDERBIRD
by
Kriegy Oscar J. H. Thomas
ALL THOSE BRAVE YOUNG MEN - 
A Tribute to The 10th Armored Infantry Battalion, 
Abe Baum, Captain, from the Prisoners at Hammelburg
ALL THOSE BRAVE YOUNG MEN -
A Tribute to The 10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
Abe Baum, Captain, from the Prisoners at Hammelburg
AMERICANS BEHIND THE BARBED WIRE - 
World War II: Inside a German Prison Camp
by 
Kriegy J. Frank Diggs
AMERICANS BEHIND THE BARBED WIRE -
World War II: Inside a German Prison Camp
by
Kriegy J. Frank Diggs
AMERICANS IN POLAND 
1919-1947
Catalogue 
by 
Jan Roman-Potocki 
and Vivian H. Reed
AMERICANS IN POLAND
1919-1947
Catalogue
by
Jan Roman-Potocki
and Vivian H. Reed
AN ARMY AT DAWN - The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy 
by
Rick Atkinson
AN ARMY AT DAWN - The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy
by
Rick Atkinson
ANZIO - Italy and the Battle for Rome - 1944
by 
Lloyd Clark
ANZIO - Italy and the Battle for Rome - 1944
by
Lloyd Clark
BATTERY! - C. Lenton Sartain and the Airborne G.I.'s of the 319th Glider Field Artillery
by
Joseph S. Covais 
(contains information about Kriegy Vernon L. Blank)
BATTERY! - C. Lenton Sartain and the Airborne G.I.'s of the 319th Glider Field Artillery
by
Joseph S. Covais
(contains information about Kriegy Vernon L. Blank)
BILL MAULDIN'S ARMY - 
Bill Mauldin's Greatest World War II Cartoons
BILL MAULDIN'S ARMY -
Bill Mauldin's Greatest World War II Cartoons
BIRTH OF A REGIMENT - The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Sicily and Salerno
by Frank Van Lunteren
(contains information about Kriegies Charles Kouns, Herman Littman, and 
Louis Otterbein
BIRTH OF A REGIMENT - The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Sicily and Salerno
by Frank Van Lunteren
(contains information about Kriegies Charles Kouns, Herman Littman, and
Louis Otterbein
BLOODSTAINED SANDS - US Amphibious Operations in World War II
by 
Michael G. Walling
BLOODSTAINED SANDS - US Amphibious Operations in World War II
by
Michael G. Walling
CAPTURED YESTERDAY -
The WWII Diary 
of Kriegy Tony B. Lumpkin
Edited by 
Tony B. Lumpkin III
CAPTURED YESTERDAY -
The WWII Diary
of Kriegy Tony B. Lumpkin
Edited by
Tony B. Lumpkin III
COUNTRY BOY INFANTRY - "The Blue Devils"
88th Infantry Division 
1944-1945
by 
Kriegy Carey E. Ashcraft
COUNTRY BOY INFANTRY - "The Blue Devils"
88th Infantry Division
1944-1945
by
Kriegy Carey E. Ashcraft
DELIVERANCE AT DIEPHOLZ - A WWII Prisoner of War's Story 
by 
Jack Dower
DELIVERANCE AT DIEPHOLZ - A WWII Prisoner of War's Story
by
Jack Dower
DIARY OF A KRIEGIE - Eight Months A Prisoner of War 
by 
Edward W. Beattie, Jr.
DIARY OF A KRIEGIE - Eight Months A Prisoner of War
by
Edward W. Beattie, Jr.
DR. GRAFF REMEMBERS - World War II Reflections 
by Kriegy 
Peter Carl Graffagnino, MD
DR. GRAFF REMEMBERS - World War II Reflections
by Kriegy
Peter Carl Graffagnino, MD
ESCAPE FROM COLDITZ
by
P. R. Reid
ESCAPE FROM COLDITZ
by
P. R. Reid
ESCAPE TO RUSSIA
by Kriegy 
Howard Randolph Holder
ESCAPE TO RUSSIA
by Kriegy
Howard Randolph Holder
FORCED MARCH FROM THE BULGE TO BERCHTESGADEN - The story of John J. Mohn's WWII Experiences 
by 
Debra Altimus, John's daughter
FORCED MARCH FROM THE BULGE TO BERCHTESGADEN - The story of John J. Mohn's WWII Experiences
by
Debra Altimus, John's daughter
GREAT ESCAPE FORGER - 
The work of Kriegy Carl Holmstrom -  POW #221
An Artist in Stalag Luft III (includes drawings of Oflag 64)
by Susan Holmstrom Kohnowich
GREAT ESCAPE FORGER -
The work of Kriegy Carl Holmstrom - POW #221
An Artist in Stalag Luft III (includes drawings of Oflag 64)
by Susan Holmstrom Kohnowich
HEROES CRY TOO - A WWII Ranger Tells His Story of Love and War 
by
Marcia Mohn & Margo Heinen
(the story of Kriegy Warren E. "Bing" Evans)
HEROES CRY TOO - A WWII Ranger Tells His Story of Love and War
by
Marcia Mohn & Margo Heinen
(the story of Kriegy Warren E. "Bing" Evans)
HOME WAS NEVER LIKE THIS - 
The Yardley Diaries
Edited by 
Charles Turnbo
HOME WAS NEVER LIKE THIS -
The Yardley Diaries
Edited by
Charles Turnbo
IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES - An American Chaplain in World War II German Prison Camps
by
Chaplain (Major) Eugene L. Daniel, Jr.
IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES - An American Chaplain in World War II German Prison Camps
by
Chaplain (Major) Eugene L. Daniel, Jr.
JOHN K. WATERS -
An Oral History
by 
Col. William C. Parnell
JOHN K. WATERS -
An Oral History
by
Col. William C. Parnell
JUSTIFIABLE PRIDE
A WWII Memoir
by Kriegy 
William D. Stevens 
(pen name)
JUSTIFIABLE PRIDE
A WWII Memoir
by Kriegy
William D. Stevens
(pen name)
KRIEGIE - 
Prisoner of War
by Kriegy
Kenneth W. Simmons
KRIEGIE -
Prisoner of War
by Kriegy
Kenneth W. Simmons
KRIEGIE LIFE - Sketches by a Prisoner of War in Germany
by 
Kriegy Carl Holmstrom
KRIEGIE LIFE - Sketches by a Prisoner of War in Germany
by
Kriegy Carl Holmstrom
KRIEGSGEFANGENER 
(Prisoner of War)
by 
Kriegy Clarence Ferguson
KRIEGSGEFANGENER
(Prisoner of War)
by
Kriegy Clarence Ferguson
LONG HARD ROAD - American POWs During World War II
by 
Thomas Taylor 
(Includes Kriegy Donald S. Frederick)
LONG HARD ROAD - American POWs During World War II
by
Thomas Taylor
(Includes Kriegy Donald S. Frederick)
MY WWII EXPERIENCES
by Kriegy 
Donald B. Lussenden
MY WWII EXPERIENCES
by Kriegy
Donald B. Lussenden
OFLAG 64 - 
A POW Odyssey
Video Documentary
 by 
Robert Galloway
OFLAG 64 -
A POW Odyssey
Video Documentary
by
Robert Galloway

ONWARD WE CHARGE - The Heroic Story of Darby's Rangers in World War II
by 
H. Paul Jeffers
ONWARD WE CHARGE - The Heroic Story of Darby's Rangers in World War II
by
H. Paul Jeffers
PASSAGES TO FREEDOM
by 
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
PASSAGES TO FREEDOM
by
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
PATTON'S LAST GAMBLE
by 
Duane Schultz
PATTON'S LAST GAMBLE
by
Duane Schultz
PEOPLE TOO
by Kriegy 
William H. Schaefer
PEOPLE TOO
by Kriegy
William H. Schaefer
POW BASEBALL IN WORLD WAR II
by
Tim Wolter
POW BASEBALL IN WORLD WAR II
by
Tim Wolter
PRESS RELEASES
by Kriegy 
Ted Roggen
PRESS RELEASES
by Kriegy
Ted Roggen
PRISONERS OF WAR - An Oral History
by Aaron Elson (includes an interview with Kriegy Charles G. Eberle)
PRISONERS OF WAR - An Oral History
by Aaron Elson (includes an interview with Kriegy Charles G. Eberle)
RAID!  The Untold Story of Patton's Secret Mission
by 
Richard Baron, Major Abraham Baum, 
Richard Goldhurst
RAID! The Untold Story of Patton's Secret Mission
by
Richard Baron, Major Abraham Baum,
Richard Goldhurst
ROADS TO LIBERATION
FROM OFLAG 64 
by 
Kriegy Clarence R. Meltesen
ROADS TO LIBERATION
FROM OFLAG 64
by
Kriegy Clarence R. Meltesen
SADIE'S BOYS
by 
Larry Lewis
(story of Kriegy Benjamin Lewis and his brother Charles)
SADIE'S BOYS
by
Larry Lewis
(story of Kriegy Benjamin Lewis and his brother Charles)
SAGE - The Man They Called "Dagger" by the  O.S.S. 
by Kriegy 
Jerry Sage
SAGE - The Man They Called "Dagger" by the O.S.S.
by Kriegy
Jerry Sage
SKETCHES FROM THE LIVES OF 
KRIEGIES IN OFLAG 64
SKETCHES FROM THE LIVES OF
KRIEGIES IN OFLAG 64
SURVIVING WORLD WAR II IN THEIR OWN WORDS - Their Journey through Battles and Prisoner of War Camps  by Robert W. Vicek (story of Kriegy John Vicek and his brother-in-law Karl Argauer)
SURVIVING WORLD WAR II IN THEIR OWN WORDS - Their Journey through Battles and Prisoner of War Camps by Robert W. Vicek (story of Kriegy John Vicek and his brother-in-law Karl Argauer)
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE - Hitler's Last Desperate Gamble to Win the War!
by
Robert E. Merriam
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE - Hitler's Last Desperate Gamble to Win the War!
by
Robert E. Merriam
THE BIG BREAK - The Greatest American WWII Escape Story Ever Told
by 
Stephen Dando-Collins
THE BIG BREAK - The Greatest American WWII Escape Story Ever Told
by
Stephen Dando-Collins
"THE COLONEL" 
by 
Kriegy James F. Skells
"THE COLONEL"
by
Kriegy James F. Skells
THE COUNTESS & THE POW - Shadows & Silhouettes of War
by Toni Reavis
THE COUNTESS & THE POW - Shadows & Silhouettes of War
by Toni Reavis
THE DAY OF BATTLE - The War in Sicily and Italy 1943-1944 (Volume Two of the Liberation Trilogy)
by
Rick Atkinson
THE DAY OF BATTLE - The War in Sicily and Italy 1943-1944 (Volume Two of the Liberation Trilogy)
by
Rick Atkinson
THE ESCAPE FACTORY - The Story of MIS-X, America's Ultra Secret Masterminds of World War II's Greatest Escapes
by 
Lloyd R. Shoemaker
THE ESCAPE FACTORY - The Story of MIS-X, America's Ultra Secret Masterminds of World War II's Greatest Escapes
by
Lloyd R. Shoemaker
THE GUNS AT LAST LIGHT - The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (Volume Three of the Liberation Trilogy
by
Rick Atkinson
THE GUNS AT LAST LIGHT - The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (Volume Three of the Liberation Trilogy
by
Rick Atkinson
THE MARCH EAST - The Final Days of Oflag IX A/H and A/Z
by
Peter Green
THE MARCH EAST - The Final Days of Oflag IX A/H and A/Z
by
Peter Green
THE RANGER FORCE - Darby's Rangers in World War II
by 
Col. Robert W. Black 
(Includes Kriegies Warren E. Evans and Donald S. Frederick)
THE RANGER FORCE - Darby's Rangers in World War II
by
Col. Robert W. Black
(Includes Kriegies Warren E. Evans and Donald S. Frederick)
THE ROAD TO WAR - Duty & Drill Courage & Capture
by 
Steven Burgauer
(based on the diary and notes of Captain William C. Frodsham, Jr.)
THE ROAD TO WAR - Duty & Drill Courage & Capture
by
Steven Burgauer
(based on the diary and notes of Captain William C. Frodsham, Jr.)
THE STRANGE ALLIANCE - The Story of Efforts at Wartime Cooperation with Russia 
by 
John R. Deane
THE STRANGE ALLIANCE - The Story of Efforts at Wartime Cooperation with Russia
by
John R. Deane
THE THOUSAND HOUR DAY
by
W. S. Kuniczak
THE THOUSAND HOUR DAY
by
W. S. Kuniczak
THE UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME - A History of Its 
First Hundred Years
by Kriegy 
Paul R. Goode
THE UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME - A History of Its
First Hundred Years
by Kriegy
Paul R. Goode
THE WATER AND THE ROCK
by Kriegy 
Charles L. Jones
THE WATER AND THE ROCK
by Kriegy
Charles L. Jones
THE WELCOME SWEDE
by Kriegy 
J. Frank Diggs
THE WELCOME SWEDE
by Kriegy
J. Frank Diggs
THE WOODEN HORSE
by
Eric Williams
THE WOODEN HORSE
by
Eric Williams
TOURS OF DUTY
by 
Eleanor Bertrand
(includes Kriegy Jimmie Kanaya)
TOURS OF DUTY
by
Eleanor Bertrand
(includes Kriegy Jimmie Kanaya)
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE 
DAYS
by Kriegy
Paul Davis Marable Jr.
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE
DAYS
by Kriegy
Paul Davis Marable Jr.
UP FRONT
Text and Pictures 
by
Bill Mauldin
UP FRONT
Text and Pictures
by
Bill Mauldin
VARIOUS ACCOUNTS OF THE HAMMELBURG AFFAIR 
by
The Participants and Others
VARIOUS ACCOUNTS OF THE HAMMELBURG AFFAIR
by
The Participants and Others
WARS & RUMORS OF WARS
by Kriegy 
Roger L. Shinn
WARS & RUMORS OF WARS
by Kriegy
Roger L. Shinn
WORLD WAR II - Map by Map 
Smithsonian
WORLD WAR II - Map by Map
Smithsonian
YANK - Memoir of a WWII Soldier by Kriegy 
Ted Ellsworth
YANK - Memoir of a WWII Soldier by Kriegy
Ted Ellsworth

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