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Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Storyof World War II's Most Dramatic Mission
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Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Storyof World War II's Most Dramatic Mission Prebound - 2002

by Hampton Sides

In this national bestseller, Sides renders a tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II: the rescue of American and British POWs behind enemy lines in the Philippines. of photos. 2 maps.


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On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty rugged miles to rescue 513 POWs languishing in a hellish camp, among them the last survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March. A recent prison massacre by Japanese soldiers elsewhere in the Philippines made the stakes impossibly high and left little time to plan the complex operation.
In Ghost Soldiers Hampton Sides vividly re-creates this daring raid, offering a minute-by-minute narration that unfolds alongside intimate portraits of the prisoners and their lives in the camp. Sides shows how the POWs banded together to survive, defying the Japanese authorities even as they endured starvation, tropical diseases, and torture. Harrowing, poignant, and inspiring, Ghost Soldiers is the mesmerizing story of a remarkable mission. It is also a testament to the human spirit, an account of enormous bravery and self-sacrifice amid the most trying conditions.

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  • Title Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Storyof World War II's Most Dramatic Mission
  • Author Hampton Sides
  • Binding Prebound
  • Pages 344
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Perfection Learning
  • Date 2002-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps
  • ISBN 9780756963057 / 0756963052
  • Weight 0.96 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.07 x 5.17 x 1.03 in (20.50 x 13.13 x 2.62 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities, World War, 1939-1945 - Concentration camps -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002283417
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.542
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