| Description |
366 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimile, photographs ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-356) and index. |
| Contents |
The fall of Manila -- Prisoners of the Japanese -- Los Baños Internment Camp -- Sky soldiers -- "You'll be eating dirt" -- Return to the Philippines -- Freedom week -- Under the cover of darkness -- The killings -- "Do it right, Joe" -- The escapes -- The Los Baños force -- "Rescue must come soon!" -- "The world will be watching" -- The raid -- Rescue -- "God was with us" -- Epilogue: The fate of Sadaaki Konishi -- Dramatis personae -- Sources -- Appendix: the camp roster. |
| Summary |
Draws on personal interviews, diaries, correspondence, memoirs, and archival research to document the bold 1945 World War II prison camp raid at Los Baños in the Philippines that freed more than two thousand brutalized men, women, and children. |
| Subject |
Los Baños Internment Camp.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations, American -- Philippines.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Philippines.
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| ISBN |
9780062325068 |
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006232506X |
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