Herman the German: Enemy Alien U.S. Army Master Sergeant #10500000
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (644 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0688016820 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 269 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Why Read Fiction? A gripping story that transcends WW2 and culminates in a high postion of a US Corporation, with breathtaking adventure in between. If you enjoy revisiting WW2 and following the dogged determination of a young German, this is for you.. A man of honor Robert F. Murphy I read this book in 1992 while attempting to get my degree in Aerospace Engineering. When I finished the book, I sat down and wrote Mr. Neumann a letter. Very few books inspire enough to take pen to paper. The amazing thing about this, he wrote me back. I went searching for his book tonight (2007) to inspire my son. There are very few roll models these days, and I want him to read one of mine.. "Herman the German - One of the Best You Will Ever Read" according to D. Harmon. This is one of the best books you will ever read. It is the biography of Gerhard Neumann, "Herman the German." Neumann, a gifted mechanical engineer and a German Jew, fled the Nazis and Germany to work as an aviation mechanical engineer for the Chinese National Airline. He was there when WW II broke out. At that point, the American Volunteer Group, the Flying Tigers, came to China to fight the Japanese. The Flying Tigers needed mechanics and heard about "Herman the German." Although he was an enemy alien, he was so extraordinarily gifted t
He became an American citizen by an Act of Congress and went on to a career in the aerospace manufacturing industry.. Born and raised in Germany, he went to China shortly before World War II and ended up being an aircraft mechanic for the United States Army Air Forces there. Gerhard Neumann (October 8, 1917 - November 2, 1997) was a German-American aviation engineer and executive for General Electric's aircraft engine division (which today is called GE Aviation)