Forgotten Mission: The Untold Story of Augusta Force - Stephen A. and Marcia W. Graham

5.5" x 8.5" (13.97 x 21.59 cm) Black & White on White paper204 pages ISBN-13: 978-1467977906ISBN-10: 146797790X BISAC: Biography & Autobiography / Religious   Begun in infamy, the Good War had been on for less than a year. Born in Iowa, a clean-cut all-American son of German immigrant farmers had a promising future as an investment banker in the Twin Cities. One night in June 1942, Russell Lowell Koerper, single, handsome, and self-assured, had the rug pulled out from under him. His comfortable, predictable world was about to be jettisoned as he was dropped from a C-47 into the forbidden, unknown, Jap-infested jungles of Papua New Guinea. General MacArthur had ordered a small allied force with Russ as its XO to carry out an extremely dangerous mission.  Russ and Augusta Force are plunged headlong into hostile territory. Unprepared for the formidable rigors of razor sharp kunai grass, swarms of mosquitoes, impassable swamps, raging rivers filled with crocodiles, deadly