This book is about the successful escape of a Slovenian from the Communist regime of President Tito. He managed to get his medical education in Italy and then complete a residency in orthopedic surgery in the USA. His ordeal is graphically portrayed as his native countrymen fought their way out of the country. His escape entailed dealing with adverse forces of Yugoslavia, Germany and England. Dr. Kovacic is a retired orthopedic surgeon who was trained in both Europe and America. He has had experience both as an anatomy instructor and a clinician in the US Army. His homeland was in Yugoslavia, but he had to escape because of the communists after World War II.