The Prisoner, Stalag VIIA Moosburg

By Cook, Burr

Book Id: WPLBN0100302567
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Reproduction Date: 2013

Title:	The Prisoner, Stalag VIIA Moosburg
Author:	Cook, Burr
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Drama and Literature
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Publisher:	Smashwords

Member Page:	Burr Cook
Citation APA MLA Chicago Cook, B. B. (n.d.). The Prisoner, Stalag VIIA Moosburg. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Description
In this novelette an ex WWII POW, a B-17 gunner, returns home only to find that his wife has left him taking his child he has never seen. He finds it necessary to return to Germany in order to clear his conscience and cure a severe depression caused by an incident that occurred while at the POW camp Stalag VII-A Moosburg.

Summary
In this novelette an ex WWII POW, a B-17 gunner, returns home only to find that his wife has left him taking his child he has never seen. He finds it necessary to return to Germany in order to clear his conscience and cure a severe depression caused by an incident that occurred while at the POW camp Stalag VII-A Moosburg. My uncle Roy G. Benson Jr. was a P-51 pilot during WWII. His fighter was shot down and he parachuted to safety but was captured by the Germans. He spent a year as a prisoner of war. The latter portion of that imprisonment was at Stalag VII-A Moosburg. That is what gave me the idea for this story which, by the way, in no way resembles his story.

Excerpt
Victor Cantor stood on the deck of the troop ship as it passed the Statue of Liberty and slowly eased its way to the dock in lower Manhattan. There were thousands of people visible on shore and he was watching for a glimpse of his family. He had never seen his daughter Jane, now three years old. He had a picture in his wallet but it was over a year old. His wife, Ellie hadn’t written in several months, or more likely her letters had been lost by his German captors or The Red Cross. Victor was deep in thought. He had spent the last several months in a prison camp at Stalag VII-A in Moosburg. He had been a gunner aboard a B17 Flying Fortress for a year prior to being shot down. He was very good at what he had done while occupying the tail gunning position on the aircraft and during his 26 missions had downed 5 German fighter planes.

Table of Contents
1. Home Coming 2 New York 3 Europe Again 4 Dachau 5 Intrigue 6 The Interview 7 Marlene 8 Victor Gets a Letter 9 New York Again