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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 - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Hampton SidesPublish date:2002-05-07Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780385495653ISBN-10:038549565XUPC:9780385495653Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, Military, United StatesBook Topic:World War II, United States, 20th CenturySize:7.90 x 5.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCBZJ80KAE
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "The greatest World War II story never told" (Esquire)--an enthralling account of the heroic mission to rescue the last survivors of the Bataan Death March--from the author of Blood and Thunder.

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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780385495653ISBN-10:038549565XUPC:9780385495653Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, Military, United StatesBook Topic:World War II, United States, 20th CenturySize:7.90 x 5.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCBZJ80KAE
HAMPTON SIDES is the author of The New York Times bestselling histories On Desperate Ground, In the Kingdom of Ice, Hellhound on his Trail, Blood and Thunder, and Ghost Soldiers, which won the PEN USA Award for Nonfiction. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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