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    Last Flight of the Goose

    By Joe Freitus

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    Little is written about World War II as faced by those who lived in the Dutch-held Indonesian Islands when Japan invaded. When the Allies occupied neutral Portuguese East Timor, the Governor of Macao requests the aide of the International Red Cross to correct the situation. Along with the Director, DeGroot and his co-pilot Gabbi fly from Shanghai to Manila, and eventually to East Timor. During an early morning air raid, the Japanese destroy the Goose, leaving them to attempt escape to Australia on their own...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSynergEbooks
    Release dateAug 19, 2018
    ISBN9780744315769
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    Last Flight of the Goose
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    Joe Freitus

    Joe Freitus lives in Williamsburg, Virginia with his wife and has been a teacher and writer for 30 years. In addition to winning awards as a teacher and writer, he has worked for the motion picture industry, most notably the HBO award winning mini series, John Adams. Writing about adventures related to characters that populated World War Two is his driving passion.

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