Lost in Shangri-la : a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II
Zuckoff, Mitchell.
Lost in Shangri-la : a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II True story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II - 1st ed. - New York : HarperCollins, c2011. - xii, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1.Missing -- 2.Hollandia -- 3.Shangri-La -- 4.Gremlin Special -- 5.Eureka! -- 6.Charms -- 7.Tarzan -- 8.Gentleman Explorer -- 9.Guilt and Gangrene -- 10.Earl Walter, Junior and Senior -- 11.Uwambo -- 12.Wimayuk Wandik, aka "Chief Pete" -- 13.Come What May -- 14.Five-by-Five -- 15.No Thanksgiving -- 16.Rammy and Doc -- 17.Custer and Company -- 18.Bathtime for Yugwe -- 19."Shoo, Shoo Baby" -- 20."Hey, Martha!" -- 21.Promised Land -- 22.Hollywood -- 23.Gliders? -- 24.Two Queens -- 25.Snatch.
Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoff unleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World War II rescue mission, where a plane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S. military personnel into the jungle-clad land of New Guinea
9780061988349 0061988340 9780062093585 (international ed.) 0062093584 (international ed.)
2010034508
United States. Army Air Forces --Search and rescue operations.
World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action--New Guinea.
Airplane crash survival--New Guinea.
Aircraft accidents--New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945--Search and rescue operations--New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945--Search and rescue operations--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
Primitive societies--New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action--New Guinea.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.--New Guinea.
Aircraft accidents--New Guinea.
Rescue work--New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.
Primitive societies--New Guinea.
D767.95 / .Z84 2011
940.54/8
Lost in Shangri-la : a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II True story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II - 1st ed. - New York : HarperCollins, c2011. - xii, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1.Missing -- 2.Hollandia -- 3.Shangri-La -- 4.Gremlin Special -- 5.Eureka! -- 6.Charms -- 7.Tarzan -- 8.Gentleman Explorer -- 9.Guilt and Gangrene -- 10.Earl Walter, Junior and Senior -- 11.Uwambo -- 12.Wimayuk Wandik, aka "Chief Pete" -- 13.Come What May -- 14.Five-by-Five -- 15.No Thanksgiving -- 16.Rammy and Doc -- 17.Custer and Company -- 18.Bathtime for Yugwe -- 19."Shoo, Shoo Baby" -- 20."Hey, Martha!" -- 21.Promised Land -- 22.Hollywood -- 23.Gliders? -- 24.Two Queens -- 25.Snatch.
Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoff unleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World War II rescue mission, where a plane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S. military personnel into the jungle-clad land of New Guinea
9780061988349 0061988340 9780062093585 (international ed.) 0062093584 (international ed.)
2010034508
United States. Army Air Forces --Search and rescue operations.
World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action--New Guinea.
Airplane crash survival--New Guinea.
Aircraft accidents--New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945--Search and rescue operations--New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945--Search and rescue operations--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
Primitive societies--New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action--New Guinea.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.--New Guinea.
Aircraft accidents--New Guinea.
Rescue work--New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.
Primitive societies--New Guinea.
D767.95 / .Z84 2011
940.54/8