An English eccentric and adventurer, Tom Harrisson (1911-1976) sought knowledge and renown in a dizzying number of fields, while breaking most of the rules of civilized society. He was a precursor in
November 1944: Army airmen set out in a B-24 bomber on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast. Instead they found themselves unexpectedly facing a Japanese fleet - and were shot d
Judith M. Heimann entered the diplomatic life in 1958 to join her husband John in Jakarta, Indonesia, at his American Embassy post. This, her first time out of the United States, would set her on a pa
November 1944: Their B-24 bomber shot down on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast, a scattered crew of Army airmen cut themselves loose from their parachutes?only to be met by l
Judith M. Heimann entered the diplomatic life in 1958 to join her husband John in Jakarta, Indonesia, at his American Embassy post. This, her first time out of the United States, would set her on a pa
