Col. Bob Barney knows WWII intimately, from the sky and the ground, and from beginning to end. He saw its horrific start as a young aircraft gunner stationed at Pearl Harbor. He became a pilot of a deadly Flying Fortress in the Eighth Army’s bomb group, only to be shot down on his 18th mission while attacking Berlin. Then for one terrible year he saw the war from inside the wire of Stalag Luft III before managing a daring escape that eventually took him back to safety with Gen. Patton’s rampaging Third Army. This candid narrative is never false. It reveals the combination of luck and indomitable will that marks those who not only survive but prevail in war. Thus it speaks to all readers of the creative ingenuity and resilience that can provide each of us a sense of being “bulletproof.” Dr. David L. Middleton - Prof. of English at Trinity University (San Antonio), coauthor of The Newton Boys, Portrait of An Outlaw Gang, and editor of two books on Toni Morrison.