Title

Ghost soldiers : the forgotten epic story of World War II's most dramatic mission

Description

A narration of the 1945 march to rescue 513 POWs, including the last survivors of the Bataan Death March, from a prison in the Philippines.

Identifier

945785

385495641

Creator

Sides, Hampton

Format

1st ed.

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

2001

Program air date: September 30, 2001

Publisher

Doubleday

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes from half title page: "Edwin Rose - the deaf Englishman. - Bataan - 3 years captivity. - Some men felt shame because they surrendered. - Sense of bitterness - Wash. turned back on them. - Ranger raid on Cabanatuan. - Dr. James Frisker; Vivian Hixen - [his] niece, helpful. - Bataan Memorial Museum in Santa Fe. - NPR radio doc. - Japan Society gave you fellowship to study Japan South. - General Homma's son - 3 days of meetings. - 2656 American perished at Cabanatuan. - No footnotes or [?]. - Dec. 14, 1944: Palawan Massacre. - Story of Eugene Nielsen. - Gen. MacArthur abandoned Phil. in March '42. - Lt. Col. Henry Mucci - CO 6th Ranger Battalion. - New Sec. - 120 men led by Capt. Robert Prince. - April 1942 - Bataan - Gen. soon to surrender. - Camp O'Donnell - Cabanatuan - nearly 9000 Americans would go through camp, 1/3 burried underneath." -- Notes from back endpapers: "Dr. Jimmy Fisher. - Edwin Rose - deaf Englishman. - Beast of Bataan - General Homma." -- Annotations by Brian Lamb in the margins and underlining of pertinent phrases throughout the book. - Example: p. 23: "After the war, it would be calculated that the death rate of all Allied POWs held in German and Italian camps was approximately 4 percent. In Japanese-run camps, the death rate was 27 percent."

Subject

"United States. Army. Ranger Battalion, 6th--History."

"World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines--Cabanatuan."

"World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States."

"World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Philippines--Cabanatuan."

"World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese."

"World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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