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    The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines
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    The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines
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    The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines

    Written by Cate Lineberry

    Narrated by Erin Bennett

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    About this audiobook

    A #1 Wall Street Journal e-book bestseller!

    "THE SECRET RESCUE combines all of the elements that draw us to WWII stories: the daring of The Guns of Navarone, the suspense of The Great Escape, and the bravery reminiscent of Ill Met by Moonlight. It's the inclusion of so many women, though, that makes this story unique.'' -- Daily Beast

    This mesmerizing account of the courage and bravery of ordinary women and men reveals for the first time an astonishing true story of heroic struggle and endurance.

    When twenty-six Army Air Force flight nurses and medics boarded a military transport plane in November 1943 on a mission to evacuate wounded and sick troops, they didn't anticipate a crash landing in Nazi territory.

    Emerging from their battered aircraft, the Americans found themselves in Albania, a country rife with chaos and danger. With hunger and sickness as their constant companions, they hid at night with courageous villagers who shared what little food they had, risking death at Nazi hands by doing so. For months, they prayed desperately to be rescued while doing everything they could to survive.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateMay 7, 2013
    ISBN9781619691414
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    The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines

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    • 4/5
      On November 8, 1943, a plane filled with 13 US female Army nurses, 13 Army Medics and four flight crew was blown off course and crashed in German occupied Albania. From then until they were rescued and brought back to Italy by boat on January 9, they were constantly on the run from the Germans and at times some of the partisan groups who were conducting there own civil war at the time. With the assistance of Albanian partisans and villagers, they were fed and led across mountains often in heavy rain and snow by men who risked their own lives to help.During one German raid on a village, three of the nurses became separated from the main group and spent another three months on the run by themselves. Again Albania men & women risked certain torture and death by helping these three get to sea where British & American special force personnel would get them back to Italy.This story was not revealed at the time to ensure the safety of the Albanians and Allied personnel still in Albania at the time. After the war, the situation in Albania was not positive and eventually officials forgot about it. Recently one of the people published their recollections and the author of this book heard about it and did more research which led to this very readable volume. It definitely reads like an adventure novel so it is difficult to put down.