"...and he turned to a set of questions that I did not wish to answer.

He asked what type of plane I was in; what my squadron was and several other questions that began to throw me on my guard. As I say, I gave vague answers, or I said, “I prefer not to answer that question.” His questions when we first started talking were of a type that I felt certain that it would not hurt if I gave answers to this stranger and he turned out to be a German. But, this new line of questions made me begin to doubt and distrust my English speaking buddy.

Finally he struck a note that was near and dear to my heart - he said, “if you will give me your wife’s name and address, I think I can get word to her through the Red Cross that you are alive and well.”

Many others did more, and less, in the furtherment of the war effort, but these can stand as examples of the others for they are all classified and typed "the brave Dutch."

"...And, one other thing, I will not relate one instance in this story that I did not either see or know absolutely to have happened. This is not false propaganda and it is not fiction in any form. Names of my American friends are substituted for military reasons. Names of the Dutch people are names that I knew them by and in many cases may not be their real names. Remember, too, as we go along, these Dutch people are just the ones that I knew. Many others did more, and less, in the furtherment of the war effort, but these can stand as examples of the others for they are all classified and typed "the brave Dutch."

- John Low, Jr

Many others did more, and less, in the furtherment of the war effort, but these can stand as examples of the others for they are all classified and typed "the brave Dutch."