WWII American P.O.W. Booklet: “The Yankee Kriegies”, with Documents

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 later 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 and the interior is stapled with two staples, with the interior pages having come loose from the lower staple but with the booklet being complete and intact. The booklet is accompanied by an original 1946 letter forwarding the booklet to an unnamed former prisoner of war. Also present is a blank note card of the “American Ex-Prisoners of War”, approximately 4-1/2 inches by 6-1/4 inches when closed. There is also a modern photocopy of the German prisoner of war identification card of Second Lieutenant Max Nicklas Becker. Overall the items are in very good condition.