DeGroote [Book] : the incredible life of a downed US airman who joined the French underground during WWII / by Conrad John Kersch ; edited by Pat McGrath-Avery ; cover art by KC Kersch.
Albert DeGroote is an orphan, immigrant, airman, a soldier in the French Underground, and his real name is SSG Conrad John Kersch. As a bombardier on a B-17 the mission was always to drop your payload and get back to base safely. On this particular mission, the payload was dropped but the journey home took a drastic turn. This is the story of SSG John Conrad Kersch evading capture and ending up fighting in the French Underground. His journey from childhood to joining the Army in 1935 is nothing but ordinary. This is his story. from the back cover.
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