Lost in Shangri-la
A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
New York : HarperCollins, [2011]
Format: Ebook
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Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 online resource (xii, 384 pages) : illustrations
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
Contents:
Missing -- Hollandia -- Shangri-La -- Gremlin Special -- Eureka! -- Charms -- Tarzan -- Gentleman explorer -- Guilt and gangrene -- Earl Walter, Junior and Senior -- Uwambo -- Wimayuk Wandik, aka "Chief Pete" -- Come what may -- Five-by-five -- No Thanksgiving -- Rammy and Doc -- Custer and company -- Bathtime for Yugwe -- "Shoo, shoo baby" -- "Hey, Martha!" -- Promised land -- Hollywood -- Gliders? -- Two queens -- Snatch -- Epilogue: After Shangri-La.
Subjects:
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.
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.
ISBN:
9780062087140
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.