The airmen and the headhunters: a true story of lost soldiers, heroic tribesmen and the unlikeliest rescue of World War II
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November 1944: Their B-24 bomber shot down on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast, a scattered crew of Army airmen cut themselves loose from their parachutes-only to be met by loincloth-wearing natives silently materializing out of the mountainous jungle. Would these Dayak tribesmen turn the starving airmen over to the hostile Japanese occupiers? Or would the Dayaks risk vicious reprisals to get the airmen safely home in a desperate game of hide-and-seek? A cinematic survival story featuring a bamboo airstrip built on a rice paddy, a mad British major, and a blowpipe-wielding army that helped destroy one of the last Japanese strongholds, The Airmen and the Headhunters is also a gripping tale of wartime heroism unlike any other you have read.
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Subjects
Aerial operations, American
Airmen
Airmen -- United States -- Biography
Anthropology
Asia
Culture
Dayak (Bornean people)
Electronic books
History
India
Search and rescue operations
Social sciences
Southeast Asia
Twentieth century
United States
United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Bomb Group, 5th. -- Squadron, 23rd -- History
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- Borneo
Airmen
Airmen -- United States -- Biography
Anthropology
Asia
Culture
Dayak (Bornean people)
Electronic books
History
India
Search and rescue operations
Social sciences
Southeast Asia
Twentieth century
United States
United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Bomb Group, 5th. -- Squadron, 23rd -- History
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- Borneo
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9780151014347
9781400125098
9780547416069
9781400125098
9780547416069
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Electronic books
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Twentieth century
United States
United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Bomb Group, 5th. -- Squadron, 23rd -- History
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Electronic books
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India
Social sciences
Southeast Asia
Twentieth century
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United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Bomb Group, 5th. -- Squadron, 23rd -- History
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The airmen and the headhunters : a true story of lost soldiers, heroic tribesmen and the unlikeliest rescue of World War II
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The Airmen and the Headhunters : A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II [electronic resource] / Judith M. Heimann
The airmen and the headhunters : a true story of lost soldiers, heroic tribesmen and the unlikeliest rescue of World War II / Judith M. Heimann
The airmen and the headhunters : a true story of lost soldiers, heroic tribesmen and the unlikeliest rescue of World War II / Judith M. Heimann
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Electronic books
History
Search and rescue operations
Social sciences
Twentieth century
World War, 1939-1945
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Dayak (Bornean people)
Electronic books
History
Search and rescue operations
Social sciences
Twentieth century
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