Synopsis In this history of a World War II rescue operation, the mission of a group of elite U.S. Rangers sent to free several hundred prisoners of war held by the Japanese is complicated by the fact that their target is also a shipping point for Japanese soldiers--and holds thousands of enemy soldiers. Sides tells the story of the prisoners, survivors of the Bataan Death March, and the heroes who risked all to bring them out.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2002-05-01 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 344 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 12.0 oz |
Publisher's Note Chronicles the daring mission of the elite U.S. Army Sixth Ranger Battalion to slip behind enemy lines in the Phillipines and rescue the 513 American and British POWs who had spent over three years in a hellish, Japanese-run camp near Cabanatuan.
Industry Reviews "It is a great war story, and Mr. Sides tells it well, giving texture to the personalities of captives, captors and rescuers. It is a pity, though, that his book has no index, no bibliography and no table of contents." Wall Street Journal - John Lehman (05/24/2001)
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