CAPE GIRARDEAU — The Riverside Regional Library – Jackson will host local author Terry H. Irwin for a talk about the book “Sgt. Dinwiddie’s War: B-17s, POWs and the Belgian Underground in World War II” on Thursday, February 9 from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Irwin will discuss his research and writing of this book and the incredible story of Sgt. Don Dinwiddie.
Sergeant Dinwiddie served as radioman of the B-17 bomber GI. Sheets, which was shot down over Belgium in January, 1944. Dinwiddie evaded capture for nearly four months with the help of the Belgian underground before being betrayed and handed over to the Germans. He spent the rest of the war as a POW which included a harrowing 600-mile forced march.
A graduate of Oran High School and Southeast Missouri State University, Irwin spent his career as an educator at the high school and college level. He is also a licensed commercial pilot and flight instructor. He still owns and flies the Aeronca Champ in which he learned to fly at age 17.
For more information, call 573-243-8141 or email jacksonmainlibrary@rrlmo.org
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