Carter Manierre

Carter Manierre (Engr ’71) completed Pop’s War, the illustrated true story of his father, Cyrus Manierre, a World War II veteran who was sent to parachute into Nazi-occupied France to train and assist the local resistance forces. Betrayed to the Gestapo, he avoided execution as a spy, was sent to Stalag Luft 1, a POW camp, where he ran into his brother, a B-24 pilot. The book also tells how he worked with famed pilot Col. “Gabby” Gabreski as his adjutant and fought a boxing match with legendary Col. “Hub” Zemke.