“It wasn’t until I was in college that I realized how unique my grandfather’s experience was,” Chloe Melas says.
“The reason I’m doing this is because my grandfather was truly one of the great ones,” Melas says. “He never raised his voice. It didn’t matter what problem you came to him with — and the entire family came to him with problems. He was always a problem solver.”Melas’ grandfather served in the 100th Bombardment Group, a division in the U.S. Air Force that flew over occupied Europe during WWII.
In 1943, 76 Allied airmen escaped from the POW camp. Murphy was among the people trying to tunnel out, but never escaped. Seventy-three men were recaptured; 50 of them were executed. “He worked on it all through the ‘90s," Melas says."So I remember going to his house and he would be in the basement in Atlanta, retired, typing away on the typewriter for hours."The research in Murphy’s memoir also also partially inspired “Masters of the Air,” a forthcoming Apple TV+ miniseries from Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman, rounding out the trilogy about WWII that includes “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific.
With the book, Melas is looking forward to sharing his story with people beyond the family who loved him, as well as her two young sons who know all about Grandpa Frank.
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