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Author:

Freeman, Gregory A.

Title:

The forgotten 500 : the untold story of the men who risked all for the greatest rescue mission of World War II / Gregory A. Freeman.

Publisher:

Nal Caliber,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xv, 313 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-303) and index.

Contents:

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.

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:

0451224957 (pbk.)
9780451224958

OCLC:

(OCoLC)85892369

LCCN:

2007009950

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