One Man's War vividly details one man's experiences in war-ravaged Europe, from the horrific to the romantic and beyond. Tommy LaMore tells what it was like to be among the first airmen in the B-17s in the long missions over enemy territory. He tells of the relationships formed—with fellow crewmen, Resistance fighters, prisoners, a pretty survivor of a women's camp, and even a bigger-than-life Russian officer with a heart set on revenge. There are fascinating descriptions of the bloodthirsty Mongols accompanying the Russians, who struck fear into the hearts of even the most hardened German SS men.
Balancing the tales of despair and loneliness are brilliant scenes of Paris overflowing with flowers, food, love, and exuberance in the first weeks after the war. The listener ends up with the feeling that it would have been a pleasure to have known this man, and that the West's freedom was assured by the sacrifices of men like him.
The narrator shouts the confused outbursts of the crew as their burning, disintegrating B-17 plummets to earth, still taking German fire. Patrick Lawlor brings the author's comrades to life as if he had been there. Lawlor's scratchy, young voice recounts LaMore's experiences as a downed Texas WWII pilot who finds himself in the French Resistance, several German POW camps (one of which he escapes from through barbed wire), and finally, for several months, in the Russian army. Lawlor's French, German, Polish, and Russian accents sound almost the same, but who cares? When LaMore meets a beautiful Russian soldier named Rose, love and lust come into his life, providing the emotion and tears that turn a wartime memoir into a powerful story. J.A.H. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
-Martin Blumenson, author of Heroes Never Die: Warriors and Warfare in World War II...
"Here are the extraordinary, death-defying, and fast-paced adventures of an American air force flier in World War II, who was also a French Resistance fighter, a German concentration camp inmate, and a Russian military colleague - all told with great verve."
-Gerald Astor, author of The Greatest War: Americans in Combat, 1941-1945 and The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military...
"LaMore's odyssey from tail gunner to prisoner of war to escapee and interpreter for the advance guard of the Soviet army provides a unique tale of aerial combat, the horrors of the stalags, and love against the backdrop of WWII."
-Kenn...
"A racy story about a guy who experienced an incredible number of adventures: air combat, escape from a bomber, resistance with the French, capture by the Gestapo, and escape from a Polish death camp. Exciting stuff from a man sporting a Distinguished Flying Cross, an Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, and a Purple Heart w clusters."
About the Creator
Tommy LaMore (1920-1997) grew up in Waco, Texas, before enlisting in the U. S. Army Air Corps in 1940. Dan A. Baker is a writer living in Pacifica, California, with interests in history, ideology, and American culture.
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