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This is an inspirational, true story of the spell-binding events of World War II, the author's escape from his war-torn country, his flight to freedom, and his ultimate success in America. Told from a unique Soviet perspective, Robert Frimtzis takes you from surviving bombs of the Nazi blitzkrieg, to imminent starvation and deprivation in a mud hut in Tajikistan, to contributing to America's lunar exploration and spacecraft development. Without warning, his childhood was shattered, his home was destroyed, and he was plunged into the madness and savagery of World War II. His family evaded Nazi capture by running eastward 3,000 miles to Tajikistan. To get to America they crossed borders illegally, trekked across half of Europe, and eventually ended up in a displaced persons camp in Italy. At nineteen, penniless and knowing little English, he arrived in America with the goal to continue his education.

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Robert Frimtzis' earned a Bachelor's Degree from CCNY and a Master's from Columbia University, both in electrical engineering, without having finished high school. Frimtzis worked in various engineering management positions where he contributed to the successes of the Apollo space program, the Surveyor lunar explorations, and the Gamma Ray Observatory spacecraft. He also founded RFA Associates, a software engineering company. Robert is currently retired and lives in Rancho Santa Fe, California.

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