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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.

Author: Freeman, Gregory A.

Imprint:New York : Nal Caliber, c2007.

Note: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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Freeman, Gregory A.
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.