Author to Sign Book About Pilot Father's WWII Capture at Woodinville Costco

Fall City author James Keefe III will sign copies of his book about his bomber pilot father’s gripping World War II story at the  Woodinville , Feb. 5, 1-3 p.m.

He will also appear for a book-signing at the Kirkland  store on Feb. 4, 1-3 p.m.

U.S. Army pilot Lt. James Keefe, Jr., now 88 and a Bellevue resident, was shot down over Nazi-occupied Holland four days before his 21st birthday. He evaded capture with the help of the Dutch resistance for five months, but ultimately was double-crossed and sent to infamous POW camp Stalag Luft III.

“Two Gold Coins and And a Prayer” by the younger Keefe, a Fall City resident, brings the saga to the present, relating a September visit by a Jewish woman who hid the elder Keefe 67 years ago. The book has won several awards, including the 2011 Military Writers Society of America award in the Air Force category.