Author: robertmatzen
In March 1941, Jimmy Stewart, America’s boy next door and recent Academy Award winner, left fame and fortune behind and joined the United States Army Air Corps to fulfill his family mission and serve his country. He rose from private to colonel and participated in 20 often-brutal World War II combat missions over Germany and France. In mere months the war took away his boyish looks as he faced … faced near-death experiences and the loss of men under his command. The war finally won, he returned home with millions of other veterans to face an uncertain future, suffering what…
On a clear night in 1942, an experienced pilot mysteriously crashed into the Nevada mountainside — and over 20 people, including Hollywood star Carole Lombard, perished. Unravel the full story of the tragedy in this gripping, meticulously researched book.
While much of Audrey Hepburn’s life was spent under the Hollywood spotlight, details of her early years living under Nazi occupation in the Netherlands are less well-known. This intimate biography illuminates the hardships, horrors, and triumphs — from her participation in the Dutch Resistance to her survival during the famine of 1944.