In The Hands Of Strangers: A World War Ii Story Of Courage, Heroism, And Enduring Friendship

On June 12, 1944, six days after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, U.S. fighter pilot Fred Moretto is ambushed by German Messerschmitt 109s. Barely escaping his burning P-47 Thunderbolt, Lieutenant Moretto parachutes into the French countryside where villagers working for the Resistance conceal him from the Germans for two months in a bread oven, a secret perch in an attic, and a hayloft. In 1993, nearly 50 years later, Kim Moretto Niemeier convinces her father to return to France. Reuniting with the people and the places where he survived against all odds re-invigorates his French Connection and launches Kim's 20-year odyssey to uncover the dramatic details of her father's inspiring story.

• | Author: Kim Moretto Niemeier
• | Publisher: Xlibris
• | Publication Date: Nov 07, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 188 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Biography & Autobiography
• | ISBN-10: 152454471X
• | ISBN-13: 9781524544713