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Author:
Freeman, Gregory A.
Title:
The forgotten 500 [sound recording] : the untold story of the men who risked all for the greatest rescue mission of World War II / Gregory A. Freeman.
Format:
[sound recording] :
Edition:
Unabridged.
Publisher:
Tantor,
Copyright Date:
c2007
Description:
9 sound disc (ca. 11 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Operation Halyard, 1944.
World War, 1939-1945--Search and rescue operations--Yugoslavia.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
Airmen--United States--Biography.
Escapes--Yugoslavia.
Other Authors:
Lawlor, Patrick.
Notes:
Read by Patrick Lawlor. Compact disc.
Summary:
In 1944 the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped and sheltered for months by villagers behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. Classified for over half a century for political reasons, the full account of Operation Halyard, a story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery, is now being told for the first time.--From publisher description.
ISBN:
1400105226
9781400105229
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

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