my private war liberated body captive mind a world war ii pows journey
p 1944 norm bussel an introspective and happy go lucky teen from memphis finds himself bailing out of a burning b 17 bomber just months after his 19th birthday . 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 . p 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 soldiers 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 .