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02800aam a2200457 i 4500 001 287B4A8C027111EDA0047F1F48ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220713010054 008 220617s2022 wiua b 000 0beng d 010 $a 2021949456 020 $a 1645383148 020 $a 9781645383147 035 $a (OCoLC)1330718280 040 $a WIM $b eng $e rda $c WIM $d SILO 082 04 $a 940.5481/092 $2 23 100 1 $a Armbruster, John, $e author. 245 10 $a Tailspin / $c John Armbruster. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Waukesha, WI : $b Ten16 Press, $c 2022 300 $a 421 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 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."-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Moran, Eugene P. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, American. 651 0 $a United States $x Aerial gunners $x Aerial gunners $v Biography. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Prisoners and prisons, German. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Personal narratives, American. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 9 952 $l FGPD194 $d 20240515012941.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20240502011941.0 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305021730.0 952 $l TNPD062 $d 20240123010925.0 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104021452.0 952 $l FOPB224 $d 20231212135016.0 952 $l YYPC162 $d 20230623010735.0 952 $l VNPA334 $d 20230427010640.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20221004012214.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=287B4A8C027111EDA0047F1F48ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IW3Initiate Another SILO Locator Search