Boots From Heaven

About the Book

Eighty-two American flyers were imprisoned in Koncentration Lager Buchenwald. Hitler had set their execution date. But at the end of World War II, an American congressional committee toured Buchenwald and denied any Americans had been imprisoned there. Those records have been sealed for seventy-five years. This book tells about the life, beliefs, and emotions of one of those American pilots and his French Resistance rescuers who were betrayed by a Gestapo collaborator. The military and prison life of 2nd Lt. J. D. Coffman is documented.

About the Author

Janet L. Howard is the daughter of the B-24 pilot who was rescued by the French Resistance, only to be captured by the Gestapo and imprisoned by the SS in Buchenwald. Odile Lavandier is the granddaughter of the French Resistance family who hid the B-24 pilot in their home until the Gestapo infiltrated the Resistance and captured the pilot.