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

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

Draws on recently declassified documents and exclusive interviews to recount the dramatic story of a World War II rescue mission in 1944 during which the OSS embarked on a daring scheme to recover mor…

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