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Cold Sun: The Search for World War II Airmen Lost in a Tibetan Glacier by Willia
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- ISBN-13
- 9781648430916
- Type
- NA
- Publication Name
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- ISBN
- 9781648430916
- Book Title
- Cold Sun : the Search for World War II Airmen Lost in a Tibetan Glacier
- Book Series
- Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Ser.
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Item Length
- 10 in
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Military / Aviation, World, Military
- Item Weight
- 35.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 7 in
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
ISBN-10
1648430910
ISBN-13
9781648430916
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5057281230
Product Key Features
Book Title
Cold Sun : the Search for World War II Airmen Lost in a Tibetan Glacier
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / Aviation, World, Military
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Book Series
Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
35.3 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2022-021563
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
940.548
Synopsis
The dramatic story of bringing five American airmen home …, In January 1944, a US Army Air Corps transport, en route to its home base in India, crashed into a snowfield in Tibet, killing all crew members. Because of the remote location and fierce winter weather, the aircraft was covered by heavy snowfall. The snowfield glaciated, completely hiding the aircraft until its accidental discovery by a Tibetan hunter in 1993. A nearby Chinese army garrison launched a quick Peoples' Liberation Army reconnaissance into the crash site to determine exactly what they might be dealing with-perhaps a recent air crash of a civilian airliner? Were there survivors? The Chinese army unit brought out remnants of the crashed airplane and three remains of the crew and notified the American Embassy in Beijing. Two more crewmen were determined to still be in the crash site. Then-Colonel William H. Jordan, commander of the US Army Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii, was assigned to investigate the crash site and to recover, identify, and repatriate the remains of the fallen US servicemen. Cold Sun: The Search for World War II Airmen Lost in a Tibetan Glacier is Jordan's recounting of the events surrounding the recovery, including the final, solemn duty of officially informing the lost crewmen's family members of the fate of their loved ones. He weaves the mission of the aircraft and crew's fate through the prism of America's history of identifying and recovering their fallen warriors as well as previous efforts and technological leaps in accomplishing this grim, necessary mission. Inspiring and informative, based in the personal reflections of Jordan and the others involved, Cold Sun tells the gripping story of a tragic loss, a harrowing recovery effort, and the human efforts involved. He also constructs the complex mosaic of how it occurred, from the cockpits of World War II transport planes to the history of recoveries in formerly "denied" areas such as Russia, North Korea, Southeast Asia, and China itself., Inspiring and informative, based in the personal reflections of Colonel William H. Jordan and the others involved, Cold Sun tells the gripping story of a tragic loss, a harrowing recovery effort, and the human efforts involved., In January 1944, a US Army Air Corps transport, en route to its home base in India, crashed into a snowfield in Tibet, killing all crew members. Because of the remote location and fierce winter weather, the aircraft was covered by heavy snowfall. The snowfield glaciated, completely hiding the aircraft until its accidental discovery by a Tibetan hunter in 1993. A nearby Chinese army garrison launched an immediate reconnaissance into the crash site and brought out remnants of the airplane and remains of the crew. They then notified the American Embassy in Beijing. Then-Colonel William H. Jordan, commander of the US Army Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii, was assigned to investigate the crash site and to recover, identify, and repatriate the remains of the fallen US servicemen. Cold Sun: The Search for World War II Airmen Lost in a Tibetan Glacier is Jordan's recounting of the events surrounding the recovery, including the final, solemn duty of officially informing the lost crewmen's family members--by this time in middle age or older--of the fate of their loved ones. He weaves the mission of the aircraft and crew's fate through the prism of America's history of identifying and recovering their fallen warriors, the efforts over the years, and technological leaps needed to finally accomplish this grim, necessary mission. Inspiring and informative, based in the personal reflections of Jordan and the others involved , Cold Sun tells the gripping story of a tragic loss, a harrowing recovery effort, and the human efforts involved.
LC Classification Number
D810.D4J67 2023
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