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During World War I, Navy Lieutenant Edouard Izac was plucked from a lifeboat by a German submarine, where, for weeks, he lived among his captors. After secretly gathering intelligence on the movements of the German fleet, Izac knew this information could change the course of the war and had to be given to the Allies. But first, he had to get out of Germany. He would hurl himself out of a moving train, trek 120 miles through the mountains, and swim across the Rhine, but he would never, ever give up.
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Episode resources:
Escape by Dwight R Messimer (Naval Institute Press, 1994)
Prisoner of the U-90 by Edouard Victor Isaacs (Houghton Mifflin, 1919)
Medal of Honor by Allen Mikaelian (Hyperion, 2002)
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J.R. Martinez is a bestselling author, motivational speaker, advocate, wounded U.S. Army veteran, and actor who has been featured on All My Children, Dancing with the Stars, SAF3 and more.…
