Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Underground. . - Touch and Go - book review

Aerospace Power Journal, Summer, 2002 by Herman Maj. Reinhold

Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Underground by Sherri Greene Ottis. University Press of Kentucky (http://www.uky.edu/UniversityPress), 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 405084008, 2001, 248 pages, $24.00.

Action ... suspense ... valiant heroes and heroines fighting evil foes! Sherri Ottis's inspiring book has it all, telling the tale of rescue groups created (and often betrayed) in France who risked all to save downed Allied airmen in World War II. Readers will relish its accounts of both the greatest tragedies--the courageous patriots caught, tortured, and killed--and the greatest successes--the bravery and planning that saved over 5,000 young lives. Like Schindler's List, Silent Heroes could be a great movie that tells of little-known heroes who saved many lives amidst tragedy. And its excellent bibliography and footnotes give readers the opportunity to learn more about these heroes. Forget dry history books and fictional thrillers. The real people and true courage of Silent Heroes will appeal to a wide audience.