Viking Spy: The 99th Battalion and the OSS - Paperback

by Kris Tualla (Author)

BOOK 3 in the CAMP HALE SERIES - Colorado Authors Hall of Fame AwardWidower Holten Hansen was too young to fight in the first World War, but by the time the United States gets pulled into World War Two he's 38, and too old to enlist until the American Army created the independent 99th Battalion in 1942. Intended to liberate Norway from Hitler's tyrannical occupation, age wasn't a concern as long as the volunteer was fit. And fluent in Norwegian. Holt dusts off his Norsk and inquires about the opportunity. Hiding a devastating injury, he enlists that same day. He soon heads off to winter training at Camp Hale in the Colorado Rockies, leaving behind a bravely stoic Raleigh Burns, his first chance at love since his wife was killed. The high altitude regimen at Hale is brutal and Holt struggles daily to hide his infirmity, and pushes himself without mercy in spite of his pain. When the chance to join the Office of Security Services is presented, Holt applies to become an OSS spy and improve his odds for actually deploying into Norway.