Forgotten 500 The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

Name: Forgotten 500 The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
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ISBN: 9780451224958

ISBN-10: 0451224957

ISBN-13: 9780451224958

Edition: N/A

Authors: Gregory A. Freeman

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Now in paperbackthe amazing( James Bradley, New York Timesbestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers) never-before-told story of the greatest escape of the Second World War. In 1944 the OSS set out to recover more than 500 downed airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. Classified for over half a century for political reasons, the full account of this unforgettable story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery is now being told for the first time.

Book details

List price: $22.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/2/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.92" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Gregory A. Freeman is the author of Lay This Body Down: The 1921 Murders of Eleven Plantation Slaves. An award-winning journalist with twenty years' experience, he lives in Atlanta, Georgia.



Introduction



We'll Get Them Out



Abandon Ship!



Counting Parachutes



Americanski?



Long Journey to Somewhere



Escaping Yugoslavia



Passports, Please



Man of the Year



Abandoned Ally



Screw the British



Goats' Milk and Hay Bread



An All-American Team



SOS ... Waiting for Rescue



Sure to Be a Rough Landing



Red. Red. Red.



Going Home Shoeless



Gales of the World



Secrets and Lies


Epilogue


Partial List of Airmen Rescued in Operation Halyard


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index


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