Author: Neidel,
Title: Albanian Escape: the true story of U.S. Army Nurses behind enemy lines.
Description: Lexington, KY, Univ Press of Kentucky, (1999). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Nurses and medics sent to help transport wounded soldiers to hospitals further from the front lines in 1943 did not arrive. A violent storm and German Messerschmitts led to a crash landing in a remote part of Albania leaving the nurses, medics, and the flight crew stranded in Nazi-occupied territory. Thus began a 9-week game of hide-and-seek with the enemy monitored by Pres. Roosevelt daily. A long ardurous journey to the Adriatic coast and crossing of Albania's 2nd highest mountain in a blizzard, strafing by German Planes, and fleeing a town moments before it was bombed.

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