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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Label

The forgotten 500 : the untold story of the men who risked all for the greatest rescue mission of World War II

Title remainder

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

Statement of responsibility

Gregory A. Freeman

Title variation

Forgotten five hundred

Creator

• Freeman, Gregory A

Subject

• Escapes -- Yugoslavia
• Operation Halyard, 1944
• Airmen -- United States -- Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- Yugoslavia
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

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.--From publisher description

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

940.54/21971

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography