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Chargement... The Great Raid on Cabanatuan: Rescuing the Doomed Ghosts of Bataan and Corregidorpar William B. Breuer
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Before General Douglas MacArthur could fulfill his stirring promise of "I shall return" and retake the Philippines from Japanese control, a remarkable rescue mission would have to take place. Captured American soldiers had been held at the notorious Cabanatuan prison camp for more than thirty-three months. Emaciated and ill from brutal mistreatment, a mere 511 POWs remained from the 25,000-strong fighting force that MacArthur had been ordered to abandon on February 23, 1942. On the morning of January 28, 1945, a small band of Army Rangers set out on an audacious and daring rescue effort to penetrate thirty miles into Japanese controlled territory, storm the camp, and escape with the POWs, carrying them if necessary. The Great Raid is a thrilling true-life adventure story and an inspiring testament to American heroism and grit. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Anyway, this is compulsory for all you military history buffs. It tells about the greatest rescue mission in the history of US Army: the rescue of 511 POWs by US Rangers, Alamo Scout and Phillipine guerillas from the horrible Camp Cabanatuan during the World War II. That's not all, this book also tells about the horror of the Bataan Death March after the US surrender to Japan in Corregidor & Bataan. I'm sure everybody knows about MacArthur's famous words: I shall return.He escaped to Australia while waiting in vain for the US government's decision to reinforce his troops (which was neglected eventually because they wanted to concentrate to demolish Hitler).
One thing interesting is that although the US finally won the Pacific War, the natives, in this case the Phillipines who suffered and fought hand in hand with the US troops was taken for granted in the end. Do you know that the US provided more than US$ 30 million of post-war fund for Yugoslavia (soon to be an ally of US' Cold War nemesis) while the Phillipines only received US$ 3 million? Geez... (