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" The forgotten 500 : "
Gregory A. Freeman.
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BL
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688517
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b510706
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| Main Entry
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Freeman, Gregory A.
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| Title & Author
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The forgotten 500 : : the untold story of the men who risked all for the greatest rescue mission of World War II /\ Gregory A. Freeman.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Nal Caliber,, c2007.
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xv, 313 p., [16] p. of plates :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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0451222121
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: 0451224957 (pbk.)
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: 9780451222121
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: 9780451224958
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-303) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Airmen-- United States, Biography.
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Escapes-- Yugoslavia.
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Operation Halyard, 1944.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Aerial operations, American.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Search and rescue operations-- Yugoslavia.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.54/21971
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| Parallel Title
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Forgotten five hundred
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