Norman Bussel, WW II POW part 2

new book from Norman Bussel -- MY PRIVATE WAR: Liberated Body, Captive Mind - A World War II POWs Journey

Just months after his 19th birthday, Norm Bussel, an introspective and happy-go-lucky teen from Memphis, finds himself bailing out of a burning B-17 bomber, seven seconds before it explodes. Touching down in a field outside Berlin, Norm was immediately seized by local farmhands, who were in the process of lynching him when a passing German soldier put a stop to the execution. For the next year, Norm would struggle to survive at the hands of the Nazis as a prisoner of war.

And that is when the rage began. Rage that he and his fellow captives were cold and starving, their wounds and illnesses left untreated. Rage that men were shot without warning. The rage and emotional turmoil he suffered during that year of hell would follow him home, denying him the peace and stability he and his loved ones longed for. This is one soldier's searing and honest story of his battle with post-traumatic stress disorder. A battle that speaks to the hearts and minds of veterans of all wars who find themselves with liberated bodies but captive minds.

Part straight forward, gritty (and witty) military memoir, and part moving, personal examination of the true horrors of war—coming home a different, damaged human being—MY PRIVATE WAR is an instructive look at war and its toll on human lives regardless of the time period or the generation involved.

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[Retarmy1]

The book is great, I want to thank Mr. Bussel for sharing his life with the world. It is must read book for Vet.

David Morie

SFC USA