Description: Ghost Soldiers : The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission By Hampton Sides On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemylines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty rugged miles to rescue 513 POWs languisheing 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 Philiooines made the stakes impossible 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 portaits 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 tortoure, 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 enormouse bravery and self-sacrifice amid the most trying conditions. This book is USED. So there may be some imperfections.
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Book Title: Ghost Soldiers
Original Language: English
Item Length: 8in.
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Edition: First Anchor Books Edition
Publication Year: 2002
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 0.8in.
Author: Hampton Sides
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Asia / Southeast Asia, Military / World War II, United States / 20th Century, Military / United States, Military
Item Width: 5.2in.
Item Weight: 12.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 345 Pages
