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Author:

Heimann, Judith M.

Title:

The airmen and the headhunters [recorded book] : a true story of lost soldiers, heroic tribesmen and the unlikeliest rescue of World War II / Judith M. Heimann.

Format:

[recorded book] :

Edition:

CD Unabridged.

Publisher:

Tantor Media,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

8 sound discs (ca. 9 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Search and rescue operations--Borneo.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
United States.--Squadron, 23rd--Bomb Group, 5th.--Squadron, 23rd--History.
Airmen--United States--Biography.
Dayak (Indonesian people)
World War, 1939-1945--Borneo.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.
United States.--Squadron, 23rd--Bomb Group, 5th.--Squadron, 23rd--History.
Airmen--Biography.
Dayak (Indonesian people)
Recorded books.

Other Authors:

Ericksen, Susan.

Notes:

Unabridged. "Read by Susan Ericksen." Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-279) and index.

Summary:

Recounts the true story of army airmen in November 1944, who parachuted out of their B-24 bomber into the mountainous interior of Borneo and into the hands of the Dayak people, a tribe of headhunters.

ISBN:

1400105099
9781400105090

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

ZYPE837 -- Harlan Community Library (Harlan)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

ZVPB675 -- Whiting Public Library (Whiting)