[New York]: [National Council of Young Men's Christian Associations], [c.1946]. First Edition. Black and white photographs, drawings. Stapled pictorial wraps. Quarto. [36] pages including covers.

Col. Greening was one of the 'Doolittle Raiders' who was shot down later in the war on a bombing mission over Naples, Italy. Sgt. Spinelli was a combat photographer who was captured in the early fighting in North Africa. This scarce, fascinating, and profusely illustrated booklet describes their experiences as POWs in Germany for the duration of World War II.

The illustrations herein were made in captivity. The drawings are by Greening and another prisoner, Lt. Carl Holmstrom and the photographs are by Spinelli, who managed to barter a camera, film, and processing from one of the guards. Spinelli's are the only known photographs taken in captivity by an American POW in a World War II German prison camp.

Altogether a remarkable document of the resourcefulness, resilience, defiant ingenuity, and gallows wit that sustained American POWs under the Nazis.

This copy is signed on the front cover by Col. Greening.

Bound in soft covers over saddle-stapled binding. Light rubs and short creases along spine, occasional light surface soil. Generally clean and sound. Near fine overall.

Item #2129

Price: $150