A Patriot from Gransee

About the Book

A Patriot from Gransee is a brief narrative of Klaus Langehans from his birth in Gransee, Germany only a few weeks before the surrender of Germany during World War II, to the exodus of the Langehans family to America and of Klaus’ experiences during the Vietnam War.

About the Author

Born in Gransee, Germany in 1945, just a few weeks after the surrender of Germany in WWII, his first often-interrupted four years of education was in Germany followed by a continuation of elementary and high school in New York. Inducted into the U.S. Army in 1966, he graduated from the U.S. Army OCS as a Second Lieutenant, spent a tour of duty in Vietnam, seeing heavy action as platoon leader, earning the Bronze Star with a “V.”