An eager new Army Air Corps Sergeant is awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in war for action over North Africa. What price did he pay? Most of the aircrew perished after their B-25 was hit, but luckily Lang survived and landed in the Mediterranean Sea, his burns soothed by the cool waters. SGT Lang spent months in Italian and German hospitals, eventually arriving at Stalag VII-A. He and his fellow Allied POW's (Krieges) were eventually force marched to Stalag XVII-B in advance of the Allied repatriation of Europe. ...etc