Rescue at Los Baños : the most daring prison camp raid of World War II
Henderson, Bruce B., 1946-2016
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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 would not survive much longer unless rescued soon. 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 that became a deadly race against the clock. 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.
Main title:
Rescue at Los Baños : the most daring prison camp raid of World War II / Bruce Henderson.
Author:
Henderson, Bruce B., 1946-, author
Imprint:
New York : William Morrow Paperbacks, 2016.
Collation:
366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780062325075 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.53175991940.547
LC class:
D805.P6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1420701