Beyond the Call: The True Story of One WWII Pilot's Covert Mission to Rescue POWs on the Eastern Front

 

Beyond the Call: The True Story of One WWII Pilot's Covert Mission to Rescue POWS on the Eastern Front by Lee Trimble

This is an amazing true story of how Lee Trimble, a World War II Pilot, was called upon by his country to go on a dangerous and incredibly secret mission to help rescue thousands of prisoners of war and refugees that were abandoned and left to fend for themselves by the Soviet Army. The United States repeatedly tried to work with the Soviets in  rescuing these refugees and they were stonewalled over and over again by the leaders in the Soviet government and military.

Finally, the US developed a covert plan that would help these POWs and other refugees to escape the brutal environment in which they were trapped. Trimble was never really sure what his new mission would entail until he was so deeply involved that he felt obligated to continue helping to rescue those that were abandoned and starving in the frozen and unforgiving landscape of the Soviet Union.

This book is very well written and helps us to understand the horrors of war and the aftermath of war that leaves so many people lost and helpless.