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Book

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

Call Number

  • 940.5317 H4962 (OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : William Morrow, [2015]

Physical Description

366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents

  • The fall of Manila
  • Prisoners of the Japanese
  • Los Banos 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 Banos force
  • "Rescue must come soon"
  • "The world will be watching"
  • The raid
  • Rescue
  • "God was with us"
  • Epilogue: The fate of Sadaaki Konishi.

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