Vincent dePaul Lupiano is a specialist in corporate communications and speechwriting. For ten years, he was a speechwriter at IBM for senior executives and a script writer/film producer director for IBM corporate films. He was also a senior editor for an IBM management publication.
Vince spent four years in the United States Air Force. During that time, he was an aircraft accident investigator and learned much about airplanes and how the military functions. While stationed at Clark Air Base in the Philippines, he flew several missions between Clark and Vietnam helping to move loads of ammunition. He was writer/producer/announcer at Clark’s Armed Forces Radio and TV station. In this capacity, he flew three combat missions over Vietnam in F4 Phantom and F105 fighter jets, carrying a tape recorder and writing and narrating stories of his experiences for hometown radio stations.
He lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Description
“In this harrowing account of one of WWII’s most notorious atrocities—the June 1944 slaughter of nearly 750 civilians in southwestern France—historian Lupiano (Operation Ginny) excavates chilling details about how the tragedy played out… Lupiano shines a harsh light on three Nazi officers who, he claims, plotted the Oradour massacre so as to abscond with the town’s gold bars. With this agonizingly taut reconstruction, Lupiano builds an almost minute-by-minute indictment of mass murder. It’s a granular and gut-wrenching chronicle of a war crime.”
— Publishers Weekly
“Lupiano’s account of this infamous killing is shocking, harrowing, and impactful. He adeptly chronicles the men and motives behind the heinous act, bringing insight and clarity to the debate over what happened on this tragic day.”
— Booklist