| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
8 audio discs (10 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical stereo rda |
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audio file CD audio rda |
| Performer |
Read by Brett Barry. |
| Note |
Duration: 10:00:00. |
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Compact discs. |
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"Tracks every 3 minutes for easy bookmarking"--Container. |
| Summary |
In February 1945, as the US victory in the Pacific drew nearer, the Japanese Army grew desperate, and its soldiers guarding US 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. 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." |
| 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 -- Philippines -- Amphibious operations, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines -- Aerial operations, American.
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Barry, Brett, narrator.
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Harper Audio (Firm)
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Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9781481534284 (library ed.) |
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1481534289 (library ed.) |
| Music No. |
Zbi0b Blackstone Audio |
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ZPbi0b Blackstone Audio |
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