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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
The Airmen and the Headhunters A True Story of Lost Soldiers Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II
Author: Judith M. Heimann
N ovember 1944: Army airmen set out in a B-24 bomber on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast. Instead they found themselves unexpectedly facing a Japanese fleet—and were shot down. When they cut themselves loose from their parachutes, they were scattered across the island’s mountainous interior. Then a group of ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780151014347
ISBN-10: 0151014345
Publication Date: 10/8/2007
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Harcourt
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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I loved this book and by the end of it I was breathless. It is an amazing true life adventure of survival, perseverance, faith and trust all in the time of war. I couldn't help but think of being lost in a tropical rain-forest in 1944-45 evading capture. I was transported there by the wonderful writing of Heimann.

Judith Heimann does a super job of putting the events and timeline in order as best she could from the interviews, memoirs, and post action recordings from the survivors of those who participated. Also, the book really shows the power of Christianity and how a little of it can go a long way even in the jungles of Borneo.

All I can say is read the book you will be rewarded.


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