A WWII Tale of 'The Airmen and the Headhunters'
November 27, 20079:09 AM ET
Linda Kulman
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Author and retired U.S. diplomat Judith Heimann was researching her first book, The Most Offending Soul Alive, about British Army Major Tom Harrisson, when she came across a letter addressed to him that sparked book No. 2. The Airmen and the Headhunters is the fascinating tale of an event that took place in the final year of World War II. A small band of U.S. Army airmen parachuted into the dense jungles of Borneo after being shot down by the Japanese.
https://www.npr.org/2007/11/27/16350787/a-wwii-tale-of-the-airmen-and-the-headhunters
