02664cam a2200481 i 4500 1228165037 TxAuBib 20240101120000.0 100823s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010034508 9780061988349 0061988340 9780062093585 international ed. 0062093584 international ed. 9780061988356 0061988359 9780061988349 52699 (OCoLC)658117311 DLC eng rda DLC YDXCP UPZ WIQ CLE ORX VP@ SINLB BWX CDX BTCTA UPM TXLYM BDX TULIB OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCO FIN TxAuBib rda Zuckoff, Mitchell. Lost in Shangri-la : a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II / Mitchell Zuckoff. True story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II. First edition. New York : HarperCollins, [2011] ©2011. xii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Missing -- Hollandia -- Shangri-La -- Gremlin Special -- Eureka! -- Charms -- Tarzan -- Gentleman explorer -- Guilt and gangrene -- Earl Walter, Junior and Senior -- Uwambo -- Wimayuk Wandik, aka "Chief Pete" -- Come what may -- Five-by-five -- No Thanksgiving -- Rammy and Doc -- Custer and company -- Bathtime for Yugwe -- "Shoo, shoo baby" -- "Hey, Martha!" -- Promised land -- Hollywood -- Gliders? -- Two queens -- Snatch -- Epilogue: After Shangri-La. Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoff unleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World War II rescue mission, where a plane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S. military personnel into the jungle-clad land of New Guinea. 20240101. United States Army Air Forces Search and rescue operations. World War, 1939-1945 Missing in action New Guinea. World War, 1939-1945 Search and rescue operations New Guinea. World War, 1939-1945 Search and rescue operations United States. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American. Airplane crash survival New Guinea. Aircraft accidents New Guinea. Anthropology New Guinea. Prehistoric peoples New Guinea.