Posts tagged ‘WWII’

May 17, 2011

Lost In Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff

On May 13, 1945 a transport plane carrying 24 servicemen and WACs left for a sightseeing flight over the jungles of Dutch New Guinea. The plane crashed and only 3 passengers survived–2 men and 1 woman. Injured, the three survivors braved threats of native cannibals and Japanese forces as they hiked down a mountainside for rescue.

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April 25, 2011

Pacific Glory by P.T. Deutermann

 This historical novel is receiving good reviews from readers. Navy buddies Mick McCarty and Marsh Vincent endure the horrors of combat while serving in WWII’s Pacific theater and both fall for a nurse, Glory Hawthorne.

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