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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Published:
Orlando : Harcourt, 2007.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Desc:
289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Description
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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Street Date:
0710
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780151014347
Notes
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Includes index.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Heimann, J. M. (2007). The airmen and the headhunters: a true story of lost soldiers, heroic tribesmen and the unlikeliest rescue of World War II. Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Heimann, Judith M. 2007. The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II. Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Heimann, Judith M, The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II. Harcourt, 2007.
MLA Citation (style guide)Heimann, Judith M. The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II. Harcourt, 2007.
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