Hour of Redemption: The Heroic WWII Saga of America's Most Daring POW Rescue [Book]

"This classic work, credited as a major source for the bestselling Ghost Soldiers, is a gripping narrative chronicle of the U. S. Army Ranger-led raid on the Cabanatuan POW camp in World War II, in which over 500 ragged POWs were liberated and half-led, half-carried to U.S.

lines ..."This classic work, credited as a major source for the bestselling Ghost Soldiers, is a gripping narrative chronicle of the U. S. Army Ranger-led raid on the Cabanatuan POW camp in World War II, in which over 500 ragged POWs were liberated and half-led, half-carried to U.S.

lines. From the horrors of Bataan to the strategies that shaped the Allied counterattack on Japan in the Philippines, here are unforgettable portraits of generals and survivors, of elite U.S. Alamo Scouts and remarkable Filipino guerrilla fighters.

Definitive, epic, and vivid, Hour of Redemption is a powerful testament to human courage - and the will to survive in the face of hell itself."--BOOK JACKET.