It's a story of two men's separate journeys confronting trauma and loss. 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. World War II tail gunner Gene Moran fell four miles through the sky without a parachute and lived. Book Depository is the worlds most international online bookstore offering over million books with free delivery worldwide. But both men persevere, bonded by their close and growing friendship.Īs the interviews go on, John faces an ordeal of his own. So begins a series of 'Thursdays with Gene' interviews. But John has no idea what wounds he's reopening. But when John, a young history teacher, learns of Genes amazing fall, hes desperate to learn more. Gene, nearing his ninetieth birthday, recounts incredible tales. So begins a series of 'Thursdays with Gene' interviews. But when John, a young history teacher, learns of Gene's amazing fall, he's desperate to learn more. His nine children knew little of their dad's war story. When Gene returned home, he kept those memories locked up for nearly seventy years. 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. World War II tail gunner Gene Moran fell four miles through the sky without a parachute and lived. John Armbruster's latest work tells the story of Gene Moran, a tail gunner in a B-17 that was shot in half with Moran's half plummeting 4.

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