Coulombe 's grandfather , Bertrand Oscar Coulombe , served in the United States Air Force during World War II . He was the flight engineer and top turret gunner for a B-17 Flying Fortress named Ye Olde Pub when it was nearly shot down on December 20 , 1943 . Bertrand Coulombe posthumously received the Silver Star for the events of that incident which have been recorded in a '' New York Times '' and International Best Seller book entitled , '' A Higher Call '' by Adam Makos . The rights to this book have been purchased for an upcoming movie
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