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Thrice Caught: an American Army POW's 900 Days Under Axis Guns
Military Review, July-August, 2003 by John Messer
Odell Myers. McFarland & Company Jefferson, NC, 20132, 164 pages, $29.95.
Thrice Caught: An American Army POW'S 900 Days Under Axis Guns is the interesting story of Army Air Force 2d Lieutenant Odell Myers, who was shot down on his, fourth mission over Tunisia, captured by the Germans, and held in an Italian prisoner of war (POW) camp until Italy surrendered to the Allies. Myers was then transported to Germany, where he spent another 3 years. Along the way, he escaped twice, only to be recaptured and returned to captivity.
As interesting as the story is, this small paperback adds little to the body of World War II POW literature. One interesting bit of trivia is that one of Myers' fellow prisoners, David Westheimer, wrote Von Ryan's Express (Doubleday, New York, 1964) and based it on a fictional escape from the same camp.
COL John Messer, USAR, Retired, Ludington, Michigan
COPYRIGHT 2003 U.S. Army CGSC
COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning
