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Loading... Two Eggs on My Plate (1953)by Oluf Reed Olsen
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Imagine jumping into 30 mile an hour winds from a Halifax bomber only to have your parachute catch on the aircraft resulting in you being buffet against the plane. After being knocked unconscious a couple of times, you find you are falling towards the trees, lakes & snow covered mountains at a rate faster than usual plus you notice your foot is pointed at 90 degrees to the rest of your leg. This is only the start of Olsen's problems. Once on the ground, he must hide all evidence of his landing such as removing the parachute from the top of a fir tree. But first he must snap his dislocated knee back into place which he accomplishes by jamming it in the v-shaped notch in a tree and twisting in back in place. He follows this trial by walking for several days on that knee with 80 lbs of gear on his back. Superman? No, but his story of the time he spent in Norway playing cat & mouse with the German Army & Gestapo reads like fiction. An amazing story about an amazing man. no reviews | add a review
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.5486481History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War II Other Topics Unconventional warfare of Allies EuropeLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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Not as fast paced as some books, it was still worth the read. ( )