What I want my sons to learn from their great-grandfather's WWII survival
By Chloe Melas
Updated 8:35 AM ET, Sat October 10, 2020
(CNN)My entire life has been shaped by my late grandfather and his stories of heroism during World War II.
My grandpa, Frank DeSales Murphy, survived months in a German POW camp after being shot out of his B-17 Flying Fortress. He withstood a harrowing death march in sub-zero temperatures -- and his bravery earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart and the Air Medal.
The incredible stories of my grandfather and his 8th Air Force's 100th Bomb Group -- nicknamed "The Bloody Hundredth" -- will be featured in the upcoming Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks Apple TV series, "Masters of the Air" written by "Band of Brothers," John Orloff.
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