Shot down over Budapest the summer of 1944, the first American my father ever saw, in the flesh, outside of Hollywood movies, was a young bombadier captured and tortured by the Gestapo. I retell the story through the lens of our current debate over what constitutes a "true American," and how we see ourselves and the world in 2025 and beyond...
Inspirational blog post on Medium:
https://mookiespitz.medium.com/the-first-american-5ea158c659cc
