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Profiles of Honor: Kriegie Memories by Ben H. Phelper

Ben H. Phelper, an American Prisoner of War in a German War Camp in Austria, self-published this book after World War II with photographs and memories of his imprisonment. He sent copies of the volume to those he was imprisoned with including this volume which is inscribed to William C. Heritage, an Alexandria, VA veteran and B-17 tailgunner who was imprisoned when his plane was shot down.

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