Gregory A. Freeman
FacebookJune 18, 2015
Author Gregory A. Freeman
From Gregory A. Freeman on Facebook
June 18, 2015:
"Forgotten 500 list of rescued airmen has been updated!
The list of airmen rescued in Operation Halyard that was included in THE FORGOTTEN 500 was known to be incomplete, and many people have asked if their family members might have been rescued even though they weren’t on the list. Now we have an updated list, thanks to the great research by Wendy Irwin, a relative of one of the men rescued.
Using the Missing Air Crew Reports that were filed after a bomber went down, Wendy has added a number of crew members who most likely were sheltered by Draza Mihailovich and rescued in the Operation Halyard flights. We still can’t call the list complete, so your relative might have been part of Operation Halyard even if his name isn’t included. But this is a great addition to the Forgotten 500 canon and I hope it answers important questions for some families."
See the updated list here:
[AR Note: The name of American Airman SSGT Curtis "Bud" Diles, Jr. needs to be added to the list.]
http://www.gregoryafreeman.com/OperationHalyard.pdf.
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You can order the book "THE FORGOTTEN 500" here:
http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-500-Untold-GreatestRescue-Mission/dp/0451222121/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1434572153
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