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To all performances, Anthony "Tony" Korkuc was just another casualty of World Battle II. A gunner over a B-17 Flying Fortress, Korkuc was lost over a bombing objective over Germany, and his family believed that his body had never been recovered. But when they discovered in 1995 that Tony was actually buried at Arlington Country wide Cemetery, his nephew Bob Korkuc lay out over a seven-year mission to learn the true fate of any uncle he never understood. Finding a Fallen Hero is a powerful story that mixes a wartime drama with a primer on specialized research. Author Bob Korkuc at first attempt to understand how his Uncle Tony emerged to relax at Arlington. Along the way, he also unraveled the puzzle of what took place within the skies of Germany half a century back. Korkuc dug up military documents and private words and interviewed people in both USA and Germany. He monitored down surviving crewmembers and even found the sibling of the Luftwaffe pilot who downed the B-17. A gripping chronicle of exhaustive research, Finding a Fallen Hero will hit a chord with any listener who has lost a family member to war. And it will encourage others to satisfy their own unanswered questions.
