Just finished a exceptional book about an event in Dutch New Guinea at the end of WWII. I was a month old when it happened. The book is called Lost in Shangri-la.
Near the end of World War II, a plane carrying 24 members of the United States military, including nine Women’s Army Corps (WAC) members, crashed into the New Guinea jungle during a sightseeing excursion. 21 men and women were killed. The three survivors—a beautiful WAC, a young lieutenant who lost his twin brother in the crash, and a severely injured sergeant—were stranded deep in a jungle valley notorious for its cannibalistic tribes. They had no food, little water, and no way to contact their military base. The story of their survival and the stunning efforts undertaken to save them are the crux of Lost in Shangri-La.
My favorite sister read that book just about a year ago. She could not stop talking about it.
And, co-incidentally, we got to see the now rescued plane, which was undergoing rehabilitation, at a privately-run air museum in Pennsylvania a few months ago.
Thanks for the book rec. Just downloaded it.