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Behind Enemy Lines in Five Days and Thirteen Nights
A battered memoir fragment recounts Pat O’Brien’s wartime escape after German occupation. In hiding first in a Belgian house, he uses cunning and hunger to survive, observing German patrols, scavenging scraps, and plotting onward toward Holland while dodging detection and aid from wary Belgians.
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Theields
Tolerus
Ray Ager
Anil Ak
Holland
Huy- Ager
Huyliger
Tate
Amerie
Belgium
Tinve Aaid
Curt Sognes
Anton
Evita
Corman
Cerrolina
Willy
Ainst
Treniied
Beon
Bonn
Jane
Hugger
Gervin Pullers
Germain
Farwid
Germany
Drinka O’brien
Athe
Hougliger
Beau Brummel
Olgiante