02808cam a2200349 4500 770171943 TxAuBib 20230422120000.0 ||||||s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781400125227 1400125227 1a246e98-44bf-4ff0-ab44-08967fb6782b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 185215 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Freeman, Gregory A. The Forgotten 500 [Libby] : The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II. Tantor Media, Inc., 2007. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 294MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 293MB. History. Military. Nonfiction. 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... During a bombing campaign, hundreds of American airmen were shot down in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Local Serbian villagers risked their own lives to give refuge to the soldiers, and for months the airmen lived in hiding, waiting for rescue. In 1944, Operation Halyard was born. The risks were incredible. The starving Americans in Yugoslavia had to construct a landing strip-without tools, without alerting the Germans, and without endangering the villagers. And the rescue 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. The Forgotten 500 is the breathtaking, behind-the-scenes look at the greatest escape of World War II. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-22 20:00:02. Lawlor, Patrick. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1219-1/185215-TheForgotten500.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/185215-TheForgotten500.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1A246E98-44BF-4FF0-AB44-08967FB6782B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1219-1/185215-TheForgotten500.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/185215-TheForgotten500.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1A246E98-44BF-4FF0-AB44-08967FB6782B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)