Von Ryan's Return

Description for VON RYAN'S RETURN by David Westheimer:

COLONEL JOSEPH VON RYAN IS BACK!

Fresh from his unforgettable exploits in Von Ryan's Express the legendary Colonel with the will of iron returns---this time in a make-or-break eleventh-hour mission deep behind enemy lines.

Itching to get back into action after spiriting a trainload of POWs out of enemy territory, the indomitable Von Ryan blazes a trail from Switzerland down to the Abruzzi mountains, in a bid to track down a ruthless German spy hiding out among the Italian partisans.  And along the way he uncovers a secret German offensive that could spell disaster for the Allied forces in Italy...