On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty rugged miles to rescue 513 POWs languishing 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 Philippines made the stakes impossibly 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 portraits 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 torture. 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 enormous bravery and self-sacrifice amid the most trying conditions.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Summary
Overall Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides 2001 342 pages This story is the story of the rescue of the last survivors of the Bataan Death March in World War II. Three years of captivity left only 513 British and American POWs remaining alive. An elite U.S. Army Ranger battalion was tasked with working with a force of Filpino guerrillas and traveling 30 miles behind enemy lines to free the soldiers and then fight their way back to safety. The story retells the bravery shown by these soldiers and the many
\"sources\" of information who made the rescue possible. Many of these people risked and lost their lives to help save the soldiers. It's amazing how self less people
can be under the worst circumstances. The book is well written and tells the story in a very entertaining way.
Violence Violence associated with war