If you are in the library, we invite you to check out the display for Veterans Day on the bridge. Amidst the books focusing on veterans from various wars are two books by current Albion College student (a military veteran) Andrew Layton:
Wolverines in the Sky : Michigan’s Fighter Aces of World War I, World War II and Korea and Eagles’ Wings : An Uncommon Story of World War II. Our library catalog record for Eagles’ Wings includes this description: “Eagles’ Wings presents the remarkable story of two friends who grew up in Battle Creek, Michigan during the 1930’s. At the onset of World War II, both men embarked on separate paths that simultaneously thrust them into the terror of war amid the skies of Europe. Both were seriously wounded and would spend nearly a year as prisoners of war. Through an unlikely series of events, the two men were later reunited and sent by chance to an orthopedic hospital located just blocks away from their childhood homes. Lived by Air Force veterans Jack Curtis and Larry Jenkins, this book will take you back in time with them as they deliver a powerful first-hand account”–P. [4] of cover
The copies in the display case are signed copies for the College Archives, but copies are being ordered for the regular collection.
