Triumph Over Tribulation

2. The Quality of Mercy by Louis Schureman Means (First Lieutenant, Air Corps).

The Quality of Mercy

by

Louis Schureman Means

Homeward Bound! I was going home, home to tell my stories of terror in the air, life as the only prisoner in a German naval hospital, life at a POW hospital and the waiting game at Stalag Luft III. Seventeen years later, I returned to Germany to visit my friends and complete my understanding of the quality of mercy.

Full of love and hate, laughter and tears, this is the story of POW 1631. Flying with the 8th Air Force from England over Germany, he parachutes from his dying plane and becomes a prisoner of war. After five weeks as the sole prisoner in a German hospital, his leg is amputated. He now sees the war on the receiving end. He experiences fear, loneliness, joy and compassion in interrogation centers, hospitals and camps, and finally comes home in the first exchange of American prisoners. Enjoy the enterprise and humanity of many nationalities thrown together in this unique story of war.

ISBN # 0-9652561-1-1

300 pages, $19.95

The Dream Spoilers: A quadriplegic's Nightmare

by

Elizabeth Means with John Davis

The story of John, a healthy vibrant man injured in a chance fall. He became a pawn of the health care system. His story is vital for those of us alive now as half of us will some day be committed to a nursing home.

John's story is spiced with adventures from his past. The same courage and spirit that helped him through W.W.II helps him win over abuse, neglect and terror as a quadriplegic. John is a survivor.

"So few people know anything about quadriplegia. The family thinks that a nursing home will know how to handle their loved one who is too much for them, but that is usually untrue. The for-profit nursing home may not care very much. A quad should have 24-hour service, but a nursing home attendant has up to 30 patients to care for each day and is probably untrained and underpaid. The quad will feel neglected, may be hurt and is always in danger. He may suddenly get a life threatening condition that needs immediate hospitalization, all misunderstood by the caregivers in control of his life." ..... Author.

ISBN # 0-9652561-0-3

156 pages, $12.95

The Quality Of Mercy

The Dream Spoilers

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