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Near the end of World War II, thousands of Allied ex-POWs were discontinued to wander the war-torn Eastern Leading. Without food, shelter, or materials, these were an army of dying men. The Red Military had pressed the Nazis out of Russia. Because they advanced across Poland, the jail camps of the 3rd Reich were found out and liberated. In defiance of mankind, the freed Allied prisoners were discarded without aid. The Soviets viewed POWs as cowards and deemed all refugees as potential spies or partisans. AMERICA repeatedly offered to help recover their POWs but were refused. With relationships between the Allies strained, a plan was conceived for an undercover save mission. In total secrecy the OSS select an obscure American air push detachment stationed at a Ukrainian airfield; it would provide the bottom part and the cover for the operation. The person they picked to undertake it was veteran 8th Air Power bomber pilot Captain Robert Trimble. With little covert training, already scarred by the tests of battle, Trimble required the mission. He would endure by wit, courage, and a determination to do the right in a terrible warfare. Alone he experienced up to the terrifying Soviet key police, saving hundreds of lives. At the same time he battled to come to terms with the stress of war and discover his own way home to his wife and child. One common man. One incredible mission. One thousand lives at stake. This is actually the compelling, uplifting true story associated with an American hero who laid his life at risk to bring his fellow men home to safety and freedom.
