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4-6Encounter series.
Braun chronicles the survival of a crew of U.S. medics stranded in Nazi-controlled Albania during WWII after a plane crash. Their two-month ordeal of avoiding capture by Nazis and their Albanian sympathizers is vividly portrayed in a narrative presentation. Young history buffs will appreciate this suspenseful account of a true event. Archival photographs and maps are appended. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind.