![]() ![]() ![]() Armbruster joined WPR’s " The Larry Meiller Show" for a segment airing Memorial Day, a day to honor the memories of soldiers who died - soldiers whose names and stories are known, and those that are not. But after years of Armbruster and Moran’s families becoming close and building trust, Moran agreed to share his remarkable story - but only if Armbruster wrote it.Īfter three years of interviews and research, Armbruster wrote the book, "Tailspin," which came out April 30. She told him: "We don’t go there."Īs was the case for so many families of veterans, the details of their loved one’s deployments remained largely unknown, untouched, undiscussed. But Moran’s daughter told him that wasn't an option. The rookie history teacher started to hear layer after layer of this story - Gene Moran, the Soldiers Grove native whose Flying Fortress bomber was shot down in World War II, yet he somehow survived the 4-mile descent, the 17 months inside Nazi prisoner-of-war camps and a 600-mile forced march.Īrmbruster had to share Moran's story. 'Lean Gene the fighting machine,'" Armbruster remembered her saying.Īrmbruster’s mind started racing. ![]()
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