Rescue at Los Banos
Subtitle: the most daring prison camp raid of World War II
By: Bruce Henderson
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780062325068
Subjects: American Amphibious operations; Los Baños Internment Camp; Campaigns; American Aerial operations; World War, 1939-1945; Japanese Prisoners and prisons
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-356) and index.
Table of contents: title: The fall of Manila; title: Prisoners of the Japanese; title: Los Banos Internment Camp; title: Sky soldiers; title: "You'll be eating dirt"; title: Return to the Philippines; title: Freedom week; title: Under the cover of darkness; title: The killings; title: "Do it right, joe"; title: The escapes; title: The Los Banos force; title: "Rescue must come soon"; title: "The world will be watching"; title: The raid; title: Rescue; title: "God was with us"; title: Epilogue: The fate of Sadaaki Konishi; title: Dramatis personae; title: Source and chapter notes; title: Appendix: the camp roster.