| TITLE: |
Ghost soldiers : the forgotten epic story of World War II's most dramatic mission / Hampton Sides. |
| AUTHOR: |
Sides, Hampton. |
| PUBLISHED: |
New York : Doubleday, c2001. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
342 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| EDITION: |
1st ed. |
| NOTES: |
Map on endpaper. |
| NOTES: |
Library Journal |
| NOTES: |
Pub Weekly |
| NOTES: |
Booklist |
| NOTES: |
Provides an account of the World War II mission undertaken by 121 select troops from the U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion in January 1945 to rescue 513 American and British prisoners, including survivors of the Bataan Death March, being held in a camp in the Philippines. |
| NOTES: |
Interest level: Adult |
| SUBJECT: |
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines--Cabanatuan. |
| SUBJECT: |
United States. Army. Ranger Battalion, 6th--History. |
| SUBJECT: |
World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States. |
| SUBJECT: |
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Philippines--Cabanatuan. |
| SUBJECT: |
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. |
| SUBJECT: |
Cabanatuan (Philippines)--History, Military--20th century. |
| SUBJECT: |
World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. |
| SUBJECT: |
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Cabanatuan (Philippines) |
| SUBJECT: |
World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories. |
| SUBJECT: |
Concentration camps--Cabanatuan (Philippines) |
| SUBJECT: |
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons. |
| SUBJECT: |
Cabanatuan (Philippines)--Military history. |
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