story are entirely fictitious


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[Token Resistance]11
II.[A Man With Two Names]20
III.[Wadizam Pass]37
IV.[Encircled!]50
V.[Break-Through!]69
VI.[Special Mission]86
VII.[Not So Happy Landings]106
VIII.[Two Visitors to Town]120
IX.[Uncle Tomaso]132
X.[The Old Bell Tower]150
XI.[Fruitless Search]168
XII.[A Visit to the Dam]181
XIII.[The Fourth Night]193
XIV.[Interrupted Performance]207
XV.[No Calm Before the Storm]222
XVI.[Zero Hour]235
XVII.[Aftermath]245

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Planes Swept Low Over the Airfield]10
[“I Want to Get to Fighting,” Tony Said]23
[“I Want to Stamp Out the Rotten Government.”]33
[Dick Just Missed the Big Boulder]45
[The German Read the Report and Gave an Order]57
[Dick Handed Max a Ball of Cord]71
[Dick and Max Walked Happily up the Hill]81
[Major Marker and the Men Went Over Their Plan]93
[Jumping in the Darkness Was No Lighthearted Task]109
[Slade Set Scotti’s Broken Leg]123
[The Two Men Walked Toward the Villa]135
[The Old Man Told of the Underground’s Activities]145
[“By Golly, I Think We Can Get Away With It!”]157
[Dick Tied the Rope Securely Around the Box]171
[Dick Scanned the Report of German Troop Movements]183
[“If I Could Only Get a German Officer’s Uniform!”]197
[“I Didn’t Need to Come Along,” the Lieutenant Said]209
[Scotti Looked After the Others]225
[Dick Stopped Behind a Tree and Waited]241

Planes Swept Low Over the Airfield