When I was researching the book, I ran across a really interesting military historian named Fred Borch. I cited some of his work in “Something Like Treason.” Now I’m ready to do something modest like worship at his feet because he just sent in the following blurb:
“Something Like Treason tells the amazing but true story of young soldiers whose pro-Nazi sympathies led them to plot against the American war effort. Chief among them was Private First Class Dale H. Maple, who spoke more than ten languages, had a genius IQ of 152, and had graduated from Harvard at age 19. After Maple helped German prisoners of war escape from the United States to Mexico in 1944, he was court-martialed for the military equivalent of treason. Found guilty at secret proceedings and sentenced to death in 1944, Maple narrowly escaped the hangman’s noose. Author Bill Sonn has done a masterful job in telling the story of Maple—and his fellow Army misfits who had “deadly serious plans” to do harm to America during World War II. Sonn deserves the highest accolades for bringing this story to 21st century readers.”
Fred L. Borch III, Professor of Legal History and Leadership
The Judge Advocate Legal Center and School