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Lost in Shangri-La

by Mitchell Zuckoff

World War, 1939-1945Missing in actionSurvivalAircraft accidentsSearch and rescue operationsUnited states, army air forcesSurvival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.World war, 1939-1945, pacific area

Three months before the end of World War II, a U.S. Army plane flying over New Guinea crashed in uncharted mountains inhabited by a Stone Age tribe. Nineteen passengers and crew were killed and two were mortally wounded. But somehow three survived: a lieutenant whose twin brother died in the crash, a sergeant who suffered terrible head wounds, and a beautiful member of the Women's Army Corps.

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Book data: Open Library