THE NAVIGATOR'S LETTER

One of the few remaining untold WWII stories out there - Jan Cress Dondi is the daughter of WWII veteran Bob Cress and Polley White, two of the three main figures in the book. She is telling her family's story for the first time, drawn from both firsthand accounts from her parents as well as extensive research.

One of the riskiest air raids in World War II history occurred on August 1, 1943, over the Ploesti Oilfields in Romania. A mission not familiar to many, the Allied forces planned to destroy Hitler's fuel source and shorten the war, securing a path to victory. But things didn't go as planned. THE NAVIGATOR'S LETTER by Jan Cress Dondi is the true story of love and war: two friends connected by one woman, both from the same small town, both joined the Air Corps, both became navigators, both flew B-24 Liberators, both ended up in the European Theater, both of their planes were each forced down over the hottest target in Europe at Ploesti. But only one returns. Jan Cress Dondi, the daughter of two protagonists of the story, shares her family's greatest legacy for the first time. THE NAVIGATOR'S LETTER timelessly captures the true story of patriotic duty, brotherhood, and love. ABOUT THE AUTHOR I, too, was born in Hillsboro, Illinois, but raised in Atlanta, and currently live with my husband in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A Bachelor of Science from the University of Georgia, post-graduate studies from the University of Alaska, and the subsequent thirty years performing research and legal writing gave me some good basic skills needed to write this, my first book.