RUBBER SOLDIERS: The Forgotten Army That Saved the Allies in WWII

The Rubber Soldiers were an army of 55,000 men from the Brazilian northeast, who were sent to the Amazon basin to harvest rubber for the Allied War effort. The authors prove the U.S. did pay for the rubber, contrary to common belief in Brazil, and shows the Allied air bases on Brazil's northeastern coast were critical in defeating the Germans in North Africa. Photos.