LEADER 05050cam a2200733 i 4500001 280738 005 20210920145730.0 008 150227t20152015nyuacfh b 001 0beng 010 2014045820 035 (OCoLC)ocn893894477 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dBTCTA |dYDXCP |dBDX |dBKL |dIH7 |dJP3 |dGK8 |dCDX |dINR |dOCLCQ |dTDS |dGL3 |dNZHAU |dNZLPP |dOCLCO |dTXCCL |dMWB |dOCLCQ |dOCLCA |dMYL |dOCLCQ |dOCLCF |dUKMGB |dLKC |dOCLCO |dOCL |dOCLCO |dOCLCA |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dOCL |dOCLCQ |dLHM 015 GBB582837 |2bnb 019 929055785935083827972690223973324698992362782 020 9780425276464 |q(hardback) 020 0425276465 |q(hardback) 020 0425276473 020 9780425276471 037 |bPenguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 |nSAN 201-3975 042 pcc 043 n-us---e-gx---e-fr--- 050 00 D805.5.S27 |bH66 2015 049 LHMA 100 1 Hodges, Andrew G. 245 10 Behind Nazi lines : |bmy father's heroic quest to save 149 World War II POWs / |cAndrew Gerow Hodges Jr. and Denise George. 246 30 My father's heroic quest to save 149 World War II POWs 250 First edition. 264 1 New York, New York : |bBerkley Caliber, |c2015. 264 4 |c©2015 300 xi, 351 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 520 "In 1944, hundreds of Allied soldiers were trapped in POW camps in occupied France. The odds of their survival were long. The odds of escaping, even longer. But one man had the courage to fight the odds ... An elite British SAS operative on an assassination mission gone wrong. A Jewish New Yorker injured in a Nazi ambush. An eighteen-year-old Gary Cooper look-alike from Mobile, Alabama. These men and hundreds of other soldiers found themselves in the prisoner-of-war camps off the Atlantic coast of occupied France, fighting brutal conditions and unsympathetic captors. But, miraculously, local villagers were able to smuggle out a message from the camp, one that reached the Allies and sparked a remarkable quest by an unlikely--and truly inspiring--hero. Andy Hodges had been excluded from military service due to a lingering shoulder injury from his college-football days. Devastated but determined, Andy refused to sit at home while his fellow Americans risked their lives, so he joined the Red Cross, volunteering for the toughest assignments on the most dangerous battlefields. In the fall of 1944, Andy was tapped for what sounded like a suicide mission: a desperate attempt to aid the Allied POWs in occupied France--alone and unarmed, matching his wits against the Nazi war machine. Despite the likelihood of failure, Andy did far more than deliver much-needed supplies. By the end of the year, he had negotiated the release of an unprecedented 149 prisoners--leaving no one behind. This is the true story of one man's selflessness, ingenuity, and victory in the face of impossible adversity"-- |cProvided by publisher. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-333) and index. 505 0 Part one: The first exchange -- Part two: The second exchange -- Part three: The rest of the story. 600 10 Hodges, Andrew Gerow, |d1918-2005. 610 20 American Red Cross |vBiography. 610 10 United States. |bArmy. |bInfantry Division, 94th |vBiography. 600 17 Hodges, Andrew Gerow, |d1918-2005. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01942439 610 27 American Red Cross. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00598222 610 17 United States. |bArmy. |bInfantry Division, 94th. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00685386 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xPrisoners and prisons, German. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xWar work |xRed Cross. 650 0 Prisoners of war |zUnited States |vBiography. 650 0 Prisoners of war |zFrance |zSaint-Nazaire |vBiography. 651 0 Saint-Nazaire (France) |xHistory, Military |y20th century. 651 0 France |xHistory |yGerman occupation, 1940-1945. 650 7 HISTORY |xMilitary |xWorld War II. |2bisacsh 650 7 HISTORY |xMilitary |xGeneral. |2bisacsh 650 7 Prisoners of war. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01077227 650 7 War work |xRed Cross. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01355301 651 7 France. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204289 651 7 France |zSaint-Nazaire. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01212962 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 647 7 World War |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 647 7 German Occupation of France |c(France : |d1940-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01353176 648 7 1900-1999 |2fast 655 7 Biographies. |2gsafd 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 Military history. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411630 655 7 Biographies. |2lcgft 700 1 George, Denise. 852 0 |breceiving |kShelved at 49-5-7