The Bombardier Who Came Back to Bless
In April 1942, Corporal Jacob DeShazer climbed into a B-25 bomber for the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo. Shot down and captured, he spent forty months...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Genesis 45:3-11, 15.
In April 1942, Corporal Jacob DeShazer climbed into a B-25 bomber for the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo. Shot down and captured, he spent forty months in Japanese prison camps — beaten, starved, locked in solitary confinement so cramped he could not stand. Hatred consumed him. Then a smuggled Bible reached his cell. DeShazer read how Christ forgave from the cross, and something cracked open in his chest.…
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