Burr Cook
Victor Cantor stood on the deck of the troop ship as it passed the Statue of Liberty and slowly eased its way to the dock in lower Manhattan. There were thousands of people visible on shore and he was watching for a glimpse of his family. He had never seen his daughter Jane, now three years old. He had a picture in his wallet but it was over a year old. His wife, Ellie hadn’t written in several months, or more likely her letters had been lost by his German captors or The Red Cross. Victor was deep in thought. He had spent the last several months in a prison camp at Stalag VII-A in Moosburg. He had been a gunner aboard a B17 Flying Fortress for a year prior to being shot down. He was very good at what he had done while occupying the tail gunning position on the aircraft and during his 26 missions had downed 5 German fighter planes.
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