Rescue at Los Baños : the most daring prison camp raid of World War II
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Published
New York : William Morrow, [2015].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
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Published
New York : William Morrow, [2015].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-356) and index.
Description
The true story of one of the greatest military rescues of all time. In February 1945, as the U.S. victory in the Pacific drew nearer, the Japanese army grew desperate, and its soldiers guarding U.S. and Allied POWs more sadistic. Starved, shot and beaten, many of the 2,146 prisoners of the Los Baños prison camp in the Philippines--most of them American men, women and children--would not survive much longer. Deeply concerned about the half-starved and ill-treated prisoners, General Douglas MacArthur assigned to the 11th Airborne Division a dangerous rescue mission deep behind enemy lines. General Colin Powell has called the raid "a textbook operation for all ages and all armies." Combining personal interviews, diaries, correspondence, memoirs, and archival research, this book tells the story of a remarkable group of prisoners--whose courage and fortitude helped them overcome hardship, deprivation, and cruelty--and of the young American soldiers and Filipino guerrillas who risked their lives to save them.--From publisher description.