Beyond the Call: The True Story of One World War II Pilot's Covert Mission to Rescue POWs on the Eastern Front

by Lee Trimble and Jeremy Dronfield

Book Overview

This inspiring true story of veteran Air Force bomber pilot Robert Trimble, who laid his life on the line to rescue World War II POWs on the Eastern Front. Near the end of World War II, thousands of Allied ex-prisoners of war were abandoned to wander the war-torn Eastern Front. With no food, shelter, or supplies, the POWs were an army of dying men. As the Red Army advanced across Poland, the Nazi prison camps were liberated. In defiance of humanity,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 042527604X
• ISBN13: 9780425276044
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Dutton Caliber
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher