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Author Henderson, Bruce, 1946- author.

Title Rescue at Los Baños : the most daring prison camp raid of World War II / Bruce Henderson.

Publication Info. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  940.5472 HENDERSON    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  940.5472 HEN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Map on front lining paper.
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" -- The fate of Sadaaki Konishi.
Subject Los Baños Internment Camp.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations, American -- Philippines.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Philippines.
ISBN 9780062325068 (hardback)
006232506X (hardback)
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