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- catalog abstract ""The Simple Sounds of Freedom, the true story of the first American paratrooper to land in Normandy and the only soldier to fight for both the United States and the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany." "It is a story of battle, followed by a succession of captures, escapes, recaptures, and re-escapes, then battle once more, in the final months of fighting on the Eastern Front. For these unique experiences, both President Bill Clinton and President Boris Yeltsin honored Joe Beyrle on the fiftieth anniversary of V-E Day." "Beyrle did not strive to be a part of history, but history kept visiting him. Twice before the invasion he parachuted into Normandy, bearing gold for the French resistance. D Day resulted in his capture, and he was mistaken for a German line-crosser - a soldier who had, in fact, died in the attempt. Eventually Joe was held under guard at the American embassy in Moscow, suspected of being a Nazi assassin." "Fingerprints saved him, confirming that he'd been wounded five times, and that he bore a safe-conduct pass written by Marshal Zhukov after the Wehrmacht wrested Joe, at gunpoint, from execution by the Gestapo. In the ruins of Warsaw his life was saved again, this time by Polish nuns. Some of Joe's story is in his own words - a voice that will be among the last and best we hear firsthand from World War II."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "True story of the only soldier to fight for both America and the Soviet Union in World War II".
- catalog contributor b12604164.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""The Simple Sounds of Freedom, the true story of the first American paratrooper to land in Normandy and the only soldier to fight for both the United States and the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany." "It is a story of battle, followed by a succession of captures, escapes, recaptures, and re-escapes, then battle once more, in the final months of fighting on the Eastern Front. For these unique experiences, both President Bill Clinton and President Boris Yeltsin honored Joe Beyrle on the fiftieth anniversary of V-E Day." "Beyrle did not strive to be a part of history, but history kept visiting him. Twice before the invasion he parachuted into Normandy, bearing gold for the French resistance. D Day resulted in his capture, and he was mistaken for a German line-crosser - a soldier who had, in fact, died in the attempt. Eventually Joe was held under guard at the American embassy in Moscow, suspected of being a Nazi assassin." "Fingerprints saved him, confirming that he'd been wounded five times, and that he bore a safe-conduct pass written by Marshal Zhukov after the Wehrmacht wrested Joe, at gunpoint, from execution by the Gestapo. In the ruins of Warsaw his life was saved again, this time by Polish nuns. Some of Joe's story is in his own words - a voice that will be among the last and best we hear firsthand from World War II."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 312 p., [16 p. of plates] :".
- catalog hasFormat "Simple sounds of freedom.".
- catalog identifier "0375507868".
- catalog isFormatOf "Simple sounds of freedom.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Random House,".
- catalog relation "Simple sounds of freedom.".
- catalog spatial "Eastern Front.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "Western Front.".
- catalog subject "356/.167/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Beyrle, Joseph Robert.".
- catalog subject "Beyrle, Joseph.".
- catalog subject "Soldiers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "UA34.S64 T38 2002".
- catalog subject "United States. Army Parachute troops History.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st History.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Eastern Front.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Western Front.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, German.".
- catalog title "The simple sounds of freedom : the true story of the only soldier to fight for both America and the Soviet Union in World War II / Thomas H. Taylor.".
- catalog title "True story of the only soldier to fight for both America and the Soviet Union in World War II".
- catalog type "text".