Ghost soldiers : the epic account of World War II's greatest rescue mission

Book 2002

Chronicles the daring mission of the elite U.S. Army Sixth Ranger Battalion to slip behind enemy lines in the Philippines and rescue the 513 American and British POWs who had spent over three years in a hellish, Japanese-run camp near Cabanatuan.

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Cabanatuan (Philippines) History, Military

United States. Army. Ranger Infantry Battalion, 6th History

World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities

World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Philippines Cabanatuan

World War, 1939-1945 Concentration camps Philippines Cabanatuan

World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, Japanese

World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories United States

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ISBN:

9780385495653
038549565X

Edition:

First Anchor Books edition

Description:

344 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Target Audience Note:

Adult Follett Library Resources

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

LCCN:

2002283417

Control Number:

3098401

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