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001 2007009950
003 DLC
005 20081120083714.0
008 070308s2007 nyuaf b 001 0deng
010 $a 2007009950
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020 $a0451222121
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm85892369
035 $a(OCoLC)85892369
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050 00 $aD810.S45$bY84 2007
082 00 $a940.54/21971$222
100 1 $aFreeman, Gregory A.
245 14 $aThe forgotten 500 :$bthe untold story of the men who risked all for the greatest rescue mission of World War II /$cGregory A. Freeman.
246 3 $aForgotten five hundred
260 $aNew York :$bNal Caliber,$cc2007.
300 $axv, 313 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 299-303) and index.
520 $aIn 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.
650 0 $aOperation Halyard, 1944.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSearch and rescue operations$zYugoslavia.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American.
650 0 $aAirmen$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aEscapes$zYugoslavia.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2007009950-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2007009950-d.html