Ghost Soldiers : The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission...

Ghost Soldiers : The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission By Hampton Sides.

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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

Ghost Soldiers : The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission By Hampton SidesOn 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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