- Title: The Eleventh Man
- Author: Robert H. Honeycutt & Jane Littlejohn
- Publisher: Combine Press
- Form: Paperback
- Illustrated: Photos
- Number of Pages: 68
- ISBN: 0-9753894-0-8
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WWII Veteran Tells Story
of Survival of a Death March — and Cancer!
Robert
H. Honeycutt is a decorated World War II veteran, who has had a dream come true
with the publication of some of his experiences in combat and as a prisoner of
war who was forced to endure the little known “death march” from Stalag Luft
IV.
The
68-page book, The Eleventh Man,
is dedicated to the two angels in his life – his wife Hazel and Jane
Littlejohn Berz, “who made the dream of this book a reality.”
As
a cancer nurse, Ms. Berz has often witnessed the courage and determination of
patients, and she knew Mr. Honeycutt had a story to tell when she heard him
saying over and over, “I’m going to beat this cancer. I’m going to beat
it. I was shot out of a plane and walked miles in the snow for days. This cancer
isn’t going to get me.” She has helped him tell his story.
Growing
up in Chattanooga on South Broad Street, Robert Honeycutt never ran from a fight
even when the odds were against him. At 17 his mother reluctantly signed for him
to join the military. The Navy couldn’t take him because he didn’t weigh
enough, but the Army recruiters told him to eat a lot of bananas and come back
because they needed his colorblind skills to see through camouflage.
He
participated in the African/Middle East campaign and became the cameraman,
joining a different 10-man B-24 crew for every bombing run, and hoping to get
enough missions to go home. On May 29, 1944, on his 29th mission, he was blown
out of the plane and captured.
The
Eleventh Man tells
the story of Robert Honeycutt’s WWII experience. As a POW he was forced to
endure the little known 86-day forced “death march” from Stalag Luft IV, and
survived incredible hardships.
In
2001 he was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer, and again survived a close
brush with death. Now 81 years old, Robert and his wife Hazel live in Rossville,
Georgia, near Chattanooga. He had his cancer treatment at Memorial Hospital, the
leading cancer center in the area, and that’s where he met Ms. Littlejohn Berz,
who helped him put his words onto paper.
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