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On a Train Leaving Texas

The Journal of Charles T. Gettys  |  Edited and with a foreword by Wes J. Sheffield

Medical Treatment of German POWs, Camp Livingston, Louisiana 1942–1945

In the spring of 1942, Tom Gettys boarded a train, leaving Texas and his medical school dreams behind. The draft had changed his destiny. Soon, he was deep in the piney woods of Central Louisiana at Camp Livingston — a massive infantry post housing thousands of German prisoners of war. His scientific background quickly caught the attention of Army leadership, and he was reassigned from the Military Police to the post laboratory, placing him on the front lines of a historic medical breakthrough.

When the revolutionary, scarce drug penicillin arrived, Gettys and his team pioneered a groundbreaking process for recycling the miracle drug, saving countless lives on both sides of the barbed wire. On a Train Leaving Texas brings Gettys's wartime journals, letters, and personal photographs to light, offering a glimpse into World War II military medicine and POW camp operations, while preserving a vital five-year chapter of Southern military history that has since been reclaimed by the Kisatchie National Forest.

The audiobook is in production at Euphony Productions.

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Shadows Talk

By L.L. Manshadow Waylett  |  Narrated by Chance G. Overton  |  1 hr 1 min

The True Story of Kidnapping, Survival and Escape in Montana

At eight years old, James “Jim” Lozeau walked down to the river to catch trout for his family's supper. He didn't return home for more than two years.

Secretly captured under bounty by a local sheriff, Jim — a young Salish boy of the Flathead Nation — was loaded onto cattle cars and sent across the state to the Fort Shaw Indian School near Great Falls. Never informed of their children's whereabouts, families were left to believe their sons and daughters had vanished forever, leaving behind a painful legacy of “ghost children”.

Passed down directly from grandfather to grandson during days spent together in the Montana wilds, Shadows Talk brings to light a deeply personal family secret kept for decades.

• A Hidden History Revealed: An intimate look into the harsh realities, hostility, and endurance of Salish children trapped within early 1900s boarding schools.
• A Masterful Plan: How a 15-year-old Salish boy secretly studied a map in the headmaster's office to plot a night break for the entire school.
• The 300-Mile Mountain Trek: The grueling, week-long journey through cold peak terrain and hidden paths as the children evaded capture to reach home at St. Ignatius.
• Reclaiming Cultural Heritage: A tribute to the man who preserved his tribe's traditions, faith, and spirit against all odds.

An inspiring human interest story of love, cultural survival, and extraordinary courage. Available now.