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1 online resource |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Contents |
Mission number thirteen -- Little Slats -- I want you! -- The new crew -- Off to Ridgewell -- Into the deadly skies -- Brutal skies -- The final mission -- Prisoner patient -- Stalag Luft VI -- Deeper into the inferno -- Stalag Luft IV -- Goons, ferrets, and some good guy stories -- Winter descends -- Descent into the fifth circle -- Man as animal -- The decision -- Escape and ecstasy -- The doctors take over -- Going home -- The rest of the story. |
| Summary |
The story of B - 17 tailgunner Lowell ""Slats"" Slayton who beat the odds during WW II - including being shot down, captured and held as a POW, and forced to march 300 miles from Poland to western Germany on the Black March during one of the coldest winters on record. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Slayton, Lowell, 1923-2013.
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Slayton, Lowell, 1923-2013. |
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United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 381st -- Biography.
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United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 381st. |
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Biographies.
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United States. Army Air Forces -- Aerial gunners -- Biography.
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United States. Army Air Forces. |
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Stalag Luft IV -- Biography.
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Stalag Luft IV. |
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Slayton, Lowell, 1923- |
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B-17 bomber -- History -- 20th century.
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B-17 bomber. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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World War (1939-1945) |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
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Death marches -- Germany.
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Germany. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. |
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Death marches. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. |
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Armed Forces -- Aerial gunners. |
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Military campaigns. |
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Military operations, Aerial -- American. |
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Western Front (World War (1939-1945)) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smallwood, William L. Valor, guts, and luck 9781612346922 (OCoLC)878861315 |
| ISBN |
9781612346991 (electronic book) |
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1612346995 (electronic book) |
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9781612346922 |
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1612346928 |
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