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Lost in Shangri-la : escape from a hidden world, a true story.

by Zuckoff, Mitchell; Mitchell Zuckoff.
Type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Harper Press ; 2011Description: xvi, 384 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780007410958.Subject(s): World War (1939-1945) | United States. Army Air Forces | Aeroplane crash survival -- New Guinea | World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, AmericanSummary: Three months before the end of World War II, a U.S. Army plane flying over New Guinea crashed in uncharted mountains inhabited by a Stone Age tribe. Nineteen passengers and crew were killed and two were mortally wounded. But somehow three survived: a lieutenant whose twin brother died in the crash, a sergeant who suffered terrible head wounds, and a beautiful member of the Women's Army Corps.
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Three months before the end of World War II, a U.S. Army plane flying over New Guinea crashed in uncharted mountains inhabited by a Stone Age tribe. Nineteen passengers and crew were killed and two were mortally wounded. But somehow three survived: a lieutenant whose twin brother died in the crash, a sergeant who suffered terrible head wounds, and a beautiful member of the Women's Army Corps.