Bibliograph

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

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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photographsplatesportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The forgotten 500

Medium

sound recording Playaway

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Gregory A. Freeman

Sub title

the untold story of the men who risked all for the greatest rescue mission of World War II

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

resource.variantTitle

Forgotten five hundredUntold story of the men who risked all for the greatest rescue mission of World War II

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