Gregory A Freeman

(Author)

The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War IIPaperback, 2 September 2008

The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
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Reading Age
Ages: 18
Grade Levels
13
Print Length
336 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Dutton Caliber
Date Published
2 Sep 2008
ISBN-10
0451224957
ISBN-13
9780451224958

Description

**The **astonishing, never before told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II--when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia...


During a bombing campaign over Romanian oil fields, hundreds of American airmen were shot down in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Local Serbian farmers and peasants risked their own lives to give refuge to the soldiers while they waited for rescue, and in 1944, Operation Halyard was born. The risks were incredible. The starving Americans in Yugoslavia had to construct a landing strip large enough for C-47 cargo planes--without tools, without alerting the Germans, and without endangering the villagers. And the cargo planes had to make it through enemy airspace and back--without getting shot down themselves.

Classified for over half a century for political reasons, the full account of this unforgettable story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery is now being told for the first time ever. The Forgotten 500 is the gripping, behind-the-scenes look at the greatest escape of World War II.

"Amazing [and] riveting."--James Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers

Product Details

Audience:
Ages: 18
Author:
Gregory A Freeman
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
2 September 2008
Dimensions:
22.61 x 14.99 x 2.03 cm
Educational Level:
Grade Levels: 13
ISBN-10:
0451224957
ISBN-13:
9780451224958
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
336
Publisher:
Weight:
340.19 gm

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