Ghost soldiers

the epic account of World War II's greatest rescue mission

344 pages

English language

Published Nov. 12, 2002 by Anchor Books.

ISBN:
978-0-385-49565-3
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OCLC Number:
49747393

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5 stars (1 review)

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5 stars

I'd heard of the Bataan Death March, but didn't have any notion of what it actually entailed, or its aftermath. The book is an extraordinarily difficult, but ultimately rewarding, book about the POW camp where the March's survivors were kept, and the heroic raid that freed them. Sides is a terrific author who captures such wonderful details from source material... it felt much more like a contemporary account instead of one written 60 years later.

Subjects

  • United States. Army. Ranger Battalion, 6th -- History
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Cabanatuan
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Philippines -- Cabanatuan
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities
  • Cabanatuan (Philippines) -- History, Military