The Killing of Corporate Kunze

The Killing of Corporal Kunze by Wilma Parnell with Robert Taber.1981 1stEd/1stPrinting Lyle Stuart Publishers hardcover w/dj in very good condition(some age wear to dj and blemishes to book,see photos).Bk dimensions:6.5×1.0×9.5inches,1.2lbs,188pgs.Book contains some graphic b&w photos.The author grew up in Oklahoma, graduating from Oklahoma State Univ.At Caterpillar Tractor Corp. she documented verbatim testimony of labor-management department commitee meetings.This skill led her to court reporting assignments at Oklahoma's Tonkawa POW camp and this book.40,000 German POW's resided in 10 POW camps in Oklahoma alone,controlled by the US 8th Service. POW collaboratation with US officials were punished with beatings.This book examines the beating murder of Johannes Kunze as a camp Tonkawa(OK)informant.A"first ever trial of its kind" to occur in the US,a secret court-martial sentenced 5 POW's to death."A microcosmic study of the mentality that created the global blood bath of 1939-1945".