The Los Banos Prison Camp Raid
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The Los Banos Prison Camp Raid
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Author : Gordon L. Rottman
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-10-20
The Los Banos Prison Camp Raid written by Gordon L. Rottman and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-20 with History categories.
On the southwest shore of Laguna de Bay in the Philippines stood the Los Banos Internment Camp. Held within were 2,147 starving POWs, surrounded by thousands of Japanese troops. As the desperate battle for Manila raged, only 130 Paratroopers could be spared for the rescue operation. Supported by Alamo Scouts, local guerrillas, and amphibious tractors, they seized the element of surprise, and rescued the POWs. It was a stunning triumph of courage and perfect timing in the face of overwhelming odds.
Rescue At Los Ba Os
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Author : Bruce Henderson
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2015-03-31
Rescue At Los Ba Os written by Bruce Henderson and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-31 with History categories.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Sons and Soldiers comes the incredible true story of one of the greatest military rescues of all time, the 1945 World War II prison camp raid at Los Baños in the Philippines—a tale of daring, courage, and heroism that joins the ranks of Ghost Soldiers, Unbroken, and The Boys of Pointe du Hoc. In February 1945, as the U.S. victory in the Pacific drew nearer, the Japanese army grew desperate, and its soldiers guarding U.S. and Allied POWs more sadistic. Starved, shot and beaten, many of the 2,146 prisoners of the Los Baños prison camp in the Philippines—most of them American men, women and children—would not survive much longer unless rescued soon. Deeply concerned about the half-starved and ill-treated prisoners, General Douglas MacArthur assigned to the 11th Airborne Division a dangerous rescue mission deep behind enemy lines that became a deadly race against the clock. The Los Baños raid would become one of the greatest triumphs of that war or any war; hailed years later by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin Powell: “I doubt that any airborne unit in the world will ever be able to rival the Los Baños prison raid. It is the textbook operation for all ages and all armies.” Combining personal interviews, diaries, correspondence, memoirs, and archival research, Rescue at Los Baños tells the story of a remarkable group of prisoners—whose courage and fortitude helped them overcome hardship, deprivation, and cruelty—and of the young American soldiers and Filipino guerrillas who risked their lives to save them.
The Los Ba Os Raid
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Author : E. M. Flanagan
language : en
Publisher: Presidio Press
Release Date : 1986
The Los Ba Os Raid written by E. M. Flanagan and has been published by Presidio Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
The Los Banos Raid
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Author : E. M. Flanagan
language : en
Publisher: Jove Publications
Release Date : 1987
The Los Banos Raid written by E. M. Flanagan and has been published by Jove Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Here is the incredible true account of the 11th Airborne's daring rescue of 2,000 POW's from behind Japanese lines. Previous publisher: Presidio Press.
Angels At Dawn
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Author : Edward M. Flanagan, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date : 2002-06-14
Angels At Dawn written by Edward M. Flanagan, Jr. and has been published by Berkley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-06-14 with Fiction categories.
Originally published as The Los Baos Raid: The 11th Airborne Jumps at Dawn, this book recounts the complete story of a raid conducted in the last days of World War II on the Los Baos Japanese internment camp, which was located 25 miles behind enemy lines and held over 2,000 civilian POWs. (July)
The Los Banos Raid
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Author : Edward M. Flanagan, Jr.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992-10-01
The Los Banos Raid written by Edward M. Flanagan, Jr. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-10-01 with categories.
Rescue Raids Of Luzon
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Author : Joseph C. Huber Jr.
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2021-01-28
Rescue Raids Of Luzon written by Joseph C. Huber Jr. and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Between January 26th and February 23rd of 1945 on Luzon in the Philippines, America made its greatest rescue of civilians and military prisoners from deep behind enemy lines. Three quickly organized raids by different hastily formed groups, saved 7,700 lives. Raids were necessary because a decoded Japanese order stated that prisoners were to be killed before rescue, an order executed in December ’44 on Palawan Island in the Philippines. This book summarizes these raids and describes the prison camp experience of the author and his family. Photos, drawings, and old documents help tell the tale. In the largest raid on the prison at Santo Tomas in Manila, his family had ‘ringside seats’. Theirs is a representative story of the prewar, war with its wretched conditions and postwar, and includes their experience under fire during the Battle of Manila. The book is a remembrance of the bravery, skills and organizing abilities displayed by American soldiers and Filipino/American guerillas, whose achievements are not likely to be surpassed. And of his parents, who pulled them through magnificently and were recognized, with others, by order of Gen. MacArthur with campaign ribbons with a battle star.
Sons And Soldiers
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Author : Bruce Henderson
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2017-07-25
Sons And Soldiers written by Bruce Henderson and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-25 with History categories.
New York Times Bestseller The definitive story of the Ritchie Boys, as featured on CBS's 60 Minutes "An irresistible history of the WWII Jewish refugees who returned to Europe to fight the Nazis.” —Newsday They were young Jewish boys who escaped from Nazi-occupied Europe and resettled in America. After the United States entered the war, they returned to fight for their adopted homeland and for the families they had left behind. Their stories tell the tale of one of the U.S. Army’s greatest secret weapons. Sons and Soldiers begins during the menacing rise of Hitler’s Nazi party, as Jewish families were trying desperately to get out of Europe. Bestselling author Bruce Henderson captures the heartbreaking stories of parents choosing to send their young sons away to uncertain futures in America, perhaps never to see them again. As these boys became young men, they were determined to join the fight in Europe. Henderson describes how they were recruited into the U.S. Army and how their unique mastery of the German language and psychology was put to use to interrogate German prisoners of war. These young men—known as the Ritchie Boys, after the Maryland camp where they trained—knew what the Nazis would do to them if they were captured. Yet they leapt at the opportunity to be sent in small, elite teams to join every major combat unit in Europe, where they collected key tactical intelligence on enemy strength, troop and armored movements, and defensive positions that saved American lives and helped win the war. A postwar army report found that nearly 60 percent of the credible intelligence gathered in Europe came from the Ritchie Boys. Sons and Soldiers draws on original interviews and extensive archival research to vividly re-create the stories of six of these men, tracing their journeys from childhood through their escapes from Europe, their feats and sacrifices during the war, and finally their desperate attempts to find their missing loved ones. Sons and Soldiers is an epic story of heroism, courage, and patriotism that will not soon be forgotten.
Deliverance At Los Ba Os
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Author : Anthony Arthur
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985-01-01
Deliverance At Los Ba Os written by Anthony Arthur and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-01-01 with Los Baños (Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines : Concentration camp) categories.
Broken Jewel
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Author : David L. Robbins
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2009-11-10
Broken Jewel written by David L. Robbins and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-10 with Fiction categories.
New York Times bestselling author David L. Robbins presents a riveting novel of war, love, and survival, set against the backdrop of an improbable rescue, the Los Baños prison raid -- one of the most daring episodes of World War II. For three years after the fall of Manila, 2,100 Allied civilians have been imprisoned at Los Baños Internment Camp, 40 miles to the southeast and notorious for its horrendous conditions. American Remy Tuck, the camp's resident gambler, struggles daily with his Japanese army captors to keep his community of Americans, Brits, and Dutch alive, as they stave off starvation and protect one another from vicious punishments. Remy's son, Talbot, now nineteen, has become a man while in captivity. Headstrong to the hilt and a nimble thief, Tal can move like a snake under the guards' noses and defies their orders at every opportunity. On the other side of the barbed wire, looking down on the camp, is the Filipina Carmen, a "comfort woman" who has been kidnapped by the Japanese, raped, and forced into sexual slavery to service the Imperial Japanese Army. Carmen battles to keep herself physically and emotionally intact. A favorite of one of the guards, she accepts his occasional kindnesses but has eyes only for Tal, whose fortitude in the face of great suffering astounds her. Tal, in turn, looks up to Carmen's high window and sees the grace and courage with which she endures her imprisonment. Without speaking, the two fall in love above the encampment grounds. As the tide of the war in the Pacific turns against the Japanese, tensions and danger in the camp escalate. In the face of all but certain execution at the hands of their captors, Remy and Tal enact a daring plan to save their fellow prisoners and the woman Tal loves.