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The compelling untold story of a group of stranded U.S. Army nurses
and medics fighting to escape Nazi-occupied Europe. When 26 Army
nurses and medics - part of the 807th Medical Air Evacuation
Transport Squadron-boarded a cargo plane for transport in November
1943, they never anticipated the crash landing in Nazi-occupied
Albania that would lead to their months-long struggle for survival.
A drama that captured the attention of the American public, the
group and its flight crew dodged bullets and battled blinding
winter storms as they climbed mountains and fought to survive,
aided by courageous villagers who risked death at Nazi hands to
help them. A mesmerizing tale of the courage and heroism of
ordinary people, THE SECRET RESCUE tells not only a new story of
struggle and endurance, but also one of the daring rescue attempts
by clandestine American and British organizations amid the
tumultuous landscape of the war.
It was a mild May morning in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1862,
the second year of the Civil War, when a twenty-three-year-old
slave named Robert Smalls did the unthinkable and boldly seized a
Confederate steamer. With his wife and two young children hidden on
board, Smalls and a small crew ran a gauntlet of heavily armed
fortifications in Charleston Harbor and delivered the valuable
vessel and the massive guns it carried to nearby Union forces. To
be unsuccessful was a death sentence for all. Smalls' courageous
and ingenious act freed him and his family from slavery and
immediately made him a Union hero while simultaneously challenging
much of the country's view of what African Americans were willing
to do to gain their freedom. After his escape, Smalls served in
numerous naval campaigns off Charleston as a civilian boat pilot
and eventually became the first black captain of an Army ship. In a
particularly poignant moment Smalls even bought the home that he
and his mother had once served in as house slaves. Be Free or Die
is a compelling narrative that illuminates Robert Smalls' amazing
journey from slave to Union hero and ultimately United States
Congressman. This captivating tale of a valuable figure in American
history gives fascinating insight into the country's first efforts
to help newly freed slaves while also illustrating the many
struggles and achievements of African Americans during the Civil
War.
This title tells the compelling untold story of a group of stranded
US Army nurses and medics fighting to escape Nazi-occupied Europe.
When 26 Army nurses and medics - part of the 807th Medical Air
Evacuation Transport Squadron - boarded a cargo plane for transport
in November 1943, they never anticipated the crash landing in
Nazi-occupied Albania that would lead to their months-long struggle
for survival. A drama that captured the attention of the American
public, the group and its flight crew dodged bullets and battled
blinding winter storms as they climbed mountains and fought to
survive, aided by courageous villagers who risked death at Nazi
hands to help them.
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