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South of Cayenne    by Jacques Evans
Price: $2.99 USD. 34860 words. Published on May 22, 2010. .

In 1949 after returning to the States, a Berlin Airlift crew crashes in an unexplored area of Brazil. Only two of the five-man crew survive. The information is closely held---only President Truman and a select few know the cause of the crash. On national security grounds, the information is classified 'Top Secret' and sealed for fifty years.
We Came to Fight a War    by Jack Flynn
Price: $8.99 USD. 39490 words. Published on March 21, 2011. .

So, you want to know what it feels like on a bomb run in an unpressurized B-17 aircraft at 28,000 feet—40, 50, 60 degrees below zero, knowing that at any millisecond jagged pieces of razor sharp shrapnel can rip through your body. And if you have to jump, it is a little high. As B-17 Pilot, Bill Flynn, used to say, “Don’t worry about the ones you can see. Worry about the ones you can't."
We Can Do It! A Rosie the Riveter Story, a Biography of my Mom.    by The Gifted Learning Project 
Price: $0.99 USD. 7340 words. Published on June 8, 2011. .

This is one woman's story about what it was like to grow up during the World War II era, retold by her son, Mr. G Sagmiller. Read what it was like working as a schoolteacher in a one-room schoolhouse or as a real-life "Rosie the Riveter". This story is rich with history, and really shows how much times have changed.
Sergeant Beasley: Memoirs of a WWII P.O.W.    by Pete Partin
Price: $3.99 USD. 54610 words. Published on July 25, 2011. .

Sergeant Beasley: Memoirs of a WWII P.O.W. is a compilation of the memories of Sergeant Charles Palmer Beasley. It chronicles his life from youth in the hills of Crawford County, Indiana to the Civilian Conservation Corps to the Army Air Corps and as a prisoner of war at the Keifheide (Stalag Luft IV) P.O.W. camp in Germany.
Broken Heart    by Gary Whitmore
Price: $0.99 USD. 50180 words. Published on November 15, 2011. .

While a confirmed bachelor tells the story on how his true love broke his heart during World War II, he finally learns the truth as to why she married another man.
Fallen Hero    by Charles Anderson
Price: Free! 470 words. Published on January 8, 2012. .

Everything in the prisoner of war camp is not what it seems.
Combat Crew    by John Comer
Price: $4.99 USD. 104060 words. Agented by Dystel and Goderich Literary Management on January 11, 2012. .

Combat Crew is one of the best memoirs about the air war over Europe ever written. John Comer kept a journal of the 25 missions he flew in 1943 when the casualty rate on his base was close to 80%. After each raid Comer gathered the crew together and pieced together the air battle from a 360-degree perspective. His book is handwritten history, recorded within hours after the battles occured.