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Between Two Flags: An American in the German Army 1942-1945 - Softcover

Hamele, Scott

 
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Synopsis

For those who are Band of Brothers fans.

Based on Real D-Day Events: On D-Day, a red-haired paratrooper from the 101st Airborne-Easy Company halts a column of German POWs and asks one a simple question: "Where you from?"

He answers, "Eugene, Oregon."

Heinrich "Henry" Keller wasn't born American-he immigrated from Germany to Oregon, found honest work, married Mary, and became a father. In 1939 he returns to Hesse for a brief family visit and is trapped by war. Conscripted into the Wehrmacht, he fights with the 12th Infantry Division in Poland and France, endures the Russian winter, and is reassigned to Normandy with the 91st Luftlande Division. He obeys to survive, yet dreads aiming at Americans; one night he nearly defects before fear of a firing squad-and losing his family-pulls him back.

At home, Mary endures whispers as the "enemy's wife," steadied by church and a daughter's questions. Captured near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Henry must finally face the life he left-and the mercy still waiting.

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About the Author

SCOTT HAMELE is a prolific Kansas City-based novelist with 20+ books across historical and biographical thrillers, near-future suspense, and speculative fiction. He pairs cinematic pacing with research-driven authenticity-real streets, tight timelines, lived-in backstories. Sci-fi favorites include Vision Protocol, Dustwings - Black Ops, The Clearborn Society, and The Paper Candidate. His historical fiction includes Capone's North Road, The Petticoat Butcher, Hanna's Room, Promise in the Sky, Hitler Survives, Staff of Moses, Orchard of Secrets, Mercy in The Fire, and Kentucky Whiskey Barons. His near-future series, The Kincaid Doctrine, spans four books: Merchants of Venom, Justice Storm, Blue Coast Authority, and IRONHALO.

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