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[Ben Rawls]

I can recommend "A Higher Call" also. It's more about Stigler and his experiences than the B-17 crew. Shows a side we don't get much word about. I can remember German POWs picking peanuts in the field in front of the house and eating lunch under the pecan trees out back. My grandmother cooked for them and some ate what she cooked ;some ate what they brought with them from the camp. South Alabama had POW camps all over the place. My five uncles all served in combat and all survived-very lucky. One was a copilot in "Shoo-Shoo Baby". He finished out MacDuffy's last 9 missions and then went on to pilot "Peacemaker". When the restored plane was rolled out at Wright- Patterson he was the only one of the crew who could still get in through the nose hatch. All of his crew was still surviving at that time.
He went on to get a PhD in agronomy and specialized in peanuts and hot peppers. He was very well known in Latin America for his pepper work. Never flew anyplace if he could go any other way.
He never talked about his experiences until he was in his 60's and then very little. Bert Stiles mentions one of his missions in his book "Serenade to the Big Bird". They were room mates at Royston.