John Fletcher Sisson (middle), shown here in Germany in 1945, served in the 4th Infantry Division during WWII and returned home with Heinrich Himmler's personal copy of "Mein Kampf."(Photos ...

The book had long lingered there. Known, but not acknowledged. Sitting on her father's bookshelf for decades after the war in Western Europe had culminated in an Allied victory on May 8, 1945.