This book tells the story of  Sargant Harry A. Dolph ( aka Harry A. Clark).  He was born in Kalamzaoo, MI on the 12ath of March 1918.   He Joined the Army Air Corps in October 1940 and spent the next eight years in the service.  On his 34th mission the   B-24 Liberator  "True Love"  that he was a waist gunner on  was shot down by by fighters and crashed at Zui Dveen on August 15th, 1944.  Prior to being shot down Sargent Dolph had shot down one of the attacking aircraft.   Surviving the bailout he evaded the enemy in occupied Netherlands with the help of the local resistance.  This is a details story of the eight months he was an surviving evader.

More than a million American airmen were involved in air fighting during World War II. When Eighth Air Force aircraft were lost due to enemy action over Europe, the statistics on American airmen accumulated as follows:

• Over 26,000 were killed in action.

• Over 130,000 became prisoners of war.

• Over 7,000 were permanently disabled or hospitalized.

• Over 500 were interned in Sweden or Switzerland, neutral countries.

• And, over 5,000 evaded capture by the enemy after they were shot down!

These 5,000-plus American airmen who evaded capture by the enemy became part of or were hidden by the underground forces of the country in which they were shot down. Their wounds were treated, they were dressed in civilian clothes, they were given identity cards, and in many cases, led to freedom. The surviving evaders, or evadees, as they were known then, became bound together by an organization known as the Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society.

These evaders were sworn to secrecy until the mid-1970s to protect those who helped them during the war. Their stories were not for publication. This is the story of one of the 5,000 who, with the help of the Dutch underground, was hidden by, worked with, and fought beside the brave Netherlanders during the German occupation of their country.

This book is NEW, never read and was stored since purchase in  1991.  It is a hardcopy signed by the author Harry A. Dolph and the Luftwaffe pilot who either shot down "True Love" or was the pilot of a plane that Harry Dolph shot down.  Signature of pilot is very hard to  verify so book is priced based on solo signature of Sargent Dolph and its excellent condition