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Escape Trek From Occupied Europe by Wartime Officer
The account describes nine days of peril as a lieutenant travels through Belgium Luxembourg and into neutral Luxembourg, dodging pursuit, battling hunger and fatigue, studying a map, and vowing never to yield to tiredness again while seeking liberty. He notes crossing rivers and canals the map failed to show and the danger of discovery in neutral territory.
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