The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II
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A cinematic survival story that features a bamboo airstrip built on a rice paddy, a mad British major, and a blowpipe-wielding army that helped destroy one of the last Japanese strongholds, The Airmen and the Headhunters is a gripping, you-are-there journey into the remote world and forgotten heroism of the Dayaks. Kirkus Reviews "[F]ew writers could have tracked down this captivating story. [Heimann] paints a vivid picture of the indigenous people who comfortably inhabited the dense jungle and carried on a flourishing trade with the coast... A fascinating anthropology lesson, delivered with the bonus of a dramatic adventure and a happy ending."
Preface 1A B-24 Over Borneo 3Into the Jungle 21The D.O.'s Dilemma 35"Good-bye, Mister" 57Another Part of the forest 71Becoming Lun Dayeh 81A Letter from the Japanese 95Polecat Gulch 109The Pangeran Forces the Pace 131The D.O. Declares War 147The Navy Crashes In 165Help from on High 189SEMUT Finds Work for the Yanks 205A Way Out 225The Allies Arrive 243Acknowledgments 261Glossary 267A Note on Sources 273Index 281
