WWII American P.O.W. Booklet: “The Yankee Kriegies”
$65.00
The booklet has paper covers and it was published circa 1946. It is approximately 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches. 36 pages, including the covers. The publication was written by Colonel C. Ross Greening and Sergeant Angelo M. Spinelli. Colonel Greening was one of the “Doolittle Raiders”. He was later shot down in a bombing mission over Europe and he became a prisoner of the Germans. Sgt. Spinelli was an Army combat photographer who was captured in North Africa and became a prisoner of war. The drawings in the booklet were made during captivity by Colonel Greening. The wartime photographs within the booklet were taken in the prison camp by Sergeant Spinelli, who was able to acquire a camera and film at great personal risk. The booklet shows age but the booklet is complete and intact and in very good condition.