Front matter
Reading edition
DICK DONNELLY
of the
PARATROOPS
Story by
GREGORY DUNCAN
Illustrated by
FRANCIS KIRN
WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
RACINE, WISCONSIN
Copyright, 1944, by
WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
Printed in U. S. A.
All names, characters, places, and events in this
story are entirely fictitious
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
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