Full name: The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

Author: Gregory A. Freeman Year: 2007 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, War/Military Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780451224958 9780451222121 0451224957 0451222121

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, this is the full account of Operation Halyard, a story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery. Similar books: Forgotten Voices of the Second World War by Max Arthur 1939 by Richard Overy Tears in the Darkness by Michael Norman Inferno by Keith Lowe Incredible Victory by Walter Lord The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose The Burma Road by Donovan Webster Sea of Thunder by Evan Thomas The Longest Winter by Alex Kershaw Given Up for Dead by Bill Sloan The Tunnel by Eric Williams Ardennes 1944 by Antony Beevor The Day the War Ended by Martin Gilbert Ship of Ghosts by James D. Hornfischer Love Stories of World War II by Larry King 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff WAR by Sebastian Junger Red Platoon by Clinton Romesha Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent