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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

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...

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Main Author: Freeman, Gregory A.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Nal Caliber, c2007.
Subjects:
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.
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Table of 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.

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