Lynda Blankenship

Cat Thirteen: an Autobiographical Novel of a Combat Photographer in World War II Lynda Blankenship

Bob Stubenrauchis sadly not with us to see Cat Thirteenpublished. This brave, gentle and patriotic man passed away in 1998. His legacywill live forever. Bob was there, in some of thebiggest battles of World War II as a combat photographer in the 6thUS Infantry Brigade. He rarely left the front line and was decorated forbravery. CAT13... Combat Assignment Team 13is the fictional memoir of a corporal as he fights and photographs his waythrough the killing fields. This book is a startling insightto the hardship, bravery, tragedy and ultimate victory that hundreds ofthousands of GI's faced during the years of fighting to free Europe. Every word of every page is atestimony to the endless sacrifice of young men and women in the brutal advancefollowing the invasion of Fortress Europe. The reader is thrown into the dailyhell and the humanity of a WWII GI. This is the story of our fathers, ouruncles, and our mothers. It is for the reader to decide if it will be the storyof our children. War is War, no matter when it is fought, the experiences arethe same.