"It's hard now to believe that I was that green, na¯ve, romantic, idealistic, and foolish 19-year-old kid ...." Shot down on his very first mission aboard a B-24, Weldon bailed out and landed safely in the war-torn Italian countryside. Ten bombing missions later, the young crewman would have to bail out again; only this time, his luck ran out. Captured by the Nazis, Weldon thought he would see the end of World War II as a prisoner of war in a German concentration camp. Then he and two buddies made their daring escape .... A true story as told to Cynthia S. Price.