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Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
x, 537 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rescue at Los Baños tells the mesmerizing survival story of more than 2,000 civilian prisoners held in the Philippines by the Japanese during World War II--and the elite 11th Airborne Division's remarkable, heart-pounding mission to rescue them from deep inside enemy territory. As the U.S. victory in the Pacific drew near, desperate Japanese soldiers guarding these prisoners--most of them Americans--at Los Baños Internment Camp became increasingly...
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