Summary of Gregory A. Freeman's The Forgotten 500

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Book Preview: #1 Clare Musgrove, an American airman, was taken to many villages in northern Yugoslavia by local Serbian people who were essentially escorting him. They would give him food and protection from German patrols, but he was apprehensive about where he was being taken.

#2 One of the men in Musgrove’s crew broke his leg badly on landing in his parachute, and every time he grimaced in pain during the all-day hikes, Musgrove was grateful that all he could complain about was hunger, the occasional thirst, and being tired.

#3 The villagers helping the downed American airmen were risking their lives. If caught helping the Americans, they would be executed just as the Germans had already done to thousands of Yugoslavians for resisting the Nazi invasion.

#4 When the Americans arrived, they were greeted by a man on horseback who spoke perfect English. You made it. You’re here, he said. There’s going to be a rescue. There are already about two hundred Americans here. They’ve been assembling since January.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Feb 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669349150

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Insights on Gregory A. Freeman's The Forgotten 500

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Clare Musgrove, an American airman, was taken to many villages in northern Yugoslavia by local Serbian people who were essentially escorting him. They would give him food and protection from German patrols, but he was apprehensive about where he was being taken.

#2

One of the men in Musgrove’s crew broke his leg badly on landing in his parachute, and every time he grimaced in pain during the all-day hikes, Musgrove was grateful that all he could complain about was hunger, the occasional thirst, and being tired.

#3

The villagers helping the downed American airmen were risking their lives. If caught helping the Americans, they would be executed just as the Germans had already done to thousands of Yugoslavians for resisting the Nazi invasion.

#4

When the Americans arrived, they were greeted by a man on horseback who spoke perfect English. You made it. You’re here, he said. There’s going to be a rescue. There are already about two hundred Americans here. They’ve been assembling since January.

#5

The Americans were stranded in Yugoslavia, and the British were trying to send in cargo planes to pick them up. It was a simple plan, until Vujnovich started trying to work out the details. Already Musulin’s team had radioed back that there were far more airmen to rescue than the 150 they’d expected when they parachuted in to coordinate the pickup.

#6

The mission to rescue the airmen was becoming exponentially harder every day. It was not just a matter of sending in a few planes to swoop down and snatch the men; it required a series of planes landing one after another.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The quest to destroy Ploesti, an oil refinery in Romania, would leave hundreds of airmen stranded in the hills of Yugoslavia. The same resource that made Romania so desirable to the German war machine made it a prime target for the Allies.

#2

The first target that the Americans bombed was Ploesti,