Editing Von Ryan's Express (section)

===Original novel===
The novel was published in 1963. The novelist David Westheimer had been a [[Prisoner of war|POW]] during World War II. He witnessed the bombing of [[Bolzano]] in 1943 from a box car.<ref>{{cite news| title=Books and Authors: Military Held a Culprit Projected Challenges Derring-Do Movie Book Reissued| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/12/20/archives/books-and-authors-military-held-a-culprit-projected-challenges.html| date=December 20, 1963| newspaper=The New York Times| page=27| url-access=subscription}}</ref> Martin Levin, reviewing the book for ''[[The New York Times]]'', said the novel "has everything for the screen but the camera directions."<ref>{{cite news| title=A Reader's Report| first=Martin| last=Levin| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/12/archives/a-readers-report.html| date=January 12, 1964| newspaper=The New York Times| page=BR24| url-access=subscription}}</ref>