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Rescue at Los Baños : the most daring prison camp raid of World War II /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Henderson, Bruce B., 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Los Baños Internment Camp.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Philippines.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 > Philippines > Amphibious operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Philippines > Aerial operations, American.
Table of Contents:
  • The fall of Manila
  • Prisoners of the Japanese
  • Los Baños Internment Camp
  • Sky soldiers
  • "You'll be eating dirt"
  • Return to the Philippines
  • Freedom week
  • Under the cover of darkness
  • The killings
  • "Do it right, Joe"
  • The escapes
  • The Los Baños force
  • "Rescue must come soon!"
  • "The world will be watching"
  • The raid
  • Rescue
  • "God was with us"
  • The fate of Sadaaki Konishi.