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The War of Our Childhood: Memories of World War II

9 reviews
Wolfgang W. E. Samuel

University Press of Mississippi, 2002

Fascinating contribution to historical record, 4 1/2 stars
This collection of short reminiscences by adult Germans who were children in Nazi Germany at the end of World War II is not quite as captivating as the author's own memoir "German Boy" but it is a fascinating nonetheless. If anything, given its format, this book would be even more accessible for a pre-teen reader than "German Boy." For me personally, the biggest revelation in these stories ...

Glory Days: The Untold Story of the Men Who Flew the B-66 Destroyer into the Face of Fear
Wolfgang W. E. Samuel

Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2008

Glory Days is the untold story of an airplane and its brave flyers who valiantly served our nation in time of war. The two EB-66 equipped combat squadrons flying from bases in Thailand against North Vietnam earned the Presidential Unit Citation for valor in combat, numerous Outstanding Unit Awards with V-device, and equivalent U.S. Navy citations. EB-66 flyers earned Silver Stars and Distinguished Flying Crosses for heroism, Air Medals galore, ...

I Always Wanted to Fly: America's Cold War Airmen

6 reviews
Wolfgang W. E. Samuel

University Press of Mississippi, 2001

Wolfgang Samuel does it again!
Wolfgang Samuel does it again... After penning German Boy, a book relating his own experiences as a German youth fighting for survival at the end of WWII, Samuel examines the post-World War II Cold War through the eyes of American air force flyers. As a reader, I found it refreshing that throughout the book Samuel allowed military aviators to tell their own stories. But more importantly, he ...

Coming to Colorado: A Young Immigrant's Journey to Become an American Flyer (Willie Morris Books in Memoir ...

4 reviews
Wolfgang W. E. Samuel

University Press of Mississippi, 2006

Review: Coming to Colorado
I feel glad that I read this one last from the five books by Wolfgang Samuel. But I suspect that I might have felt the same way if there had been a different order. I have traveled a long way with the author, first as a German Boy and finished with a tower of strength well-rounded American boy Captain Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, later to retire as a Colonel in the USAF. The Colonel certainly gained my ...

American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets

7 reviews
Wolfgang W. E. Samuel

University Press of Mississippi, 2004

Review: American Raiders
American Raiders is completely enlightening and enjoyable. It is a marvel of research. Because of the drama and colorful characters in the book it would make a great movie and TV series. American Raiders could be a history textbook for both military and civilian courses. While it clearly details our common oversights and red tape, it also touches on similar problems among the German bureaucracy; ...

German Boy: A Child in War

60 reviews
Wolfgang W. E. Samuel

Broadway, 2001

Should be Required Reading for All Youths
This harrowing memoir should be required reading for all children. Perhaps, as adults, they will think hard and deeply before embarking on war. The description of life at the end of WWII and postwar Germany are harrowing. The reader cannot help but wonder how he or she would or could cope in the same situation. I found the comparison among the American, British and Russian zones in postwar ...