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Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II
by Hylton, Wil S
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 1594632863
- ISBN 13
- 9781594632860
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New York: Riverhead Books/Penguin Group, 2013. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Clean and unmarked with light wear to cover corners and lower edge. Solid and tight binding. Pages quite clean, no marks of any kind. The true story of eleven airmen missing in action at the end of World War II, in an accident over the Pacific Island of Palau. Investigators found no trace of them, even though the plane crashed in shallow water and witnesses saw the crew parachute to safety. For sixty years, searches of all kinds have taken place with no success. Now, Wil S. Hylton has the true story of the missing men, their final mission, the families they left behind, and the real reason their disappearance has remained a mystery for so long. It is also a story of love, loss, sacrifice and faith of their families and of the determination of scientists, archaeologists, deep-sea divers, explorers to find the answer to this mystery of World War II. 302 pages with Bibliography and Chapter Notes. 2013, Riverhead Books, USA
Synopsis
In the fall of 1944, a massive American bomber carrying eleven men vanished over the Pacific islands of Palau, leaving a trail of mysteries. According to mission reports from the Army Air Forces, the plane crashed in shallow water—but when investigators went to find it, the wreckage wasn't there. Witnesses saw the crew parachute to safety, yet the airmen were never seen again. Some of their relatives whispered that they had returned to the United States in secret and lived in hiding. But they never explained why. For sixty years, the U.S. government, the children of the missing airmen, and a maverick team of scientists and scuba divers searched the islands for clues. They trolled the water with side-scan sonar, conducted grid searches on the seafloor, crawled through thickets of mangrove and poison trees, and flew over the islands in small planes to shoot infrared photography. With every clue they found, the mystery only deepened. Now, in a spellbinding narrative, Wil S. Hylton weaves together the true story of the missing men, their final mission, the families they left behind, and the real reason their disappearance remained shrouded in secrecy for so long. This is a story of love, loss, sacrifice, and faith— of the undying hope among the families of the missing, and the relentless determination of scientists, explorers, archaeologists, and deep-sea divers to solve one of the enduring mysteries of World War II.
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- Title
- Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II
- Author
- Hylton, Wil S
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1594632863
- ISBN 13
- 9781594632860
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books/Penguin Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- WORLD WAR II MISSING IN ACTION PALAU CAMPAIGN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS AIRMEN
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. World;
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- 0 oz
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