The secret rescue : an untold story of American nurses and medics behind Nazi lines
Lineberry, Cate2013
Books, Manuscripts
This title tells the compelling untold story of a group of stranded US Army nurses and medics fighting to escape Nazi-occupied Europe. When 26 Army nurses and medics - part of the 807th Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron - boarded a cargo plane for transport in November 1943, they never anticipated the crash landing in Nazi-occupied Albania that would lead to their months-long struggle for survival. A drama that captured the attention of the American public, the group and its flight crew dodged bullets and battled blinding winter storms as they climbed mountains and fought to survive, aided by courageous villagers who risked death at Nazi hands to help them.
Main title:
The secret rescue : an untold story of American nurses and medics behind Nazi lines / by Cate Lineberry.
Author:
Lineberry, Cate, author
Imprint:
Boston, Massachusetts : Little, Brown and COmpany, 2013.
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
03162202219780316220224 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.5'3'0922'73
Local class:
940.5309
Language:
English
BRN:
1606406