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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Hopkinson, Deborah.     Subjects     United States. Army. Ranger Infantry Battalion, 6th -- History -- Juvenile literature.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Cabanatuan -- Juvenile literature.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Philippines -- Cabanatuan -- Juvenile literature.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hopkinson, Deborah.       by title:      Race against death :...       by call number:      940.5472 H797r     Search the Web     Hopkinson, Deborah.     United States. Army. Ranger Infantry Battalion, 6th -- History -- Juvenile literature.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Cabanatuan -- Juvenile literature.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Philippines -- Cabanatuan -- Juvenile literature.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Juvenile literature.       MARC Display

Race against death : the greatest POW rescue of World War II / by Deborah Hopkinson. by Hopkinson, Deborah. Scholastic Focus, c2023. Call #: 940.5472 H797r Subjects United States. Army. Ranger Infantry Battalion, 6th -- History -- Juvenile literature.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Cabanatuan -- Juvenile literature.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Philippines -- Cabanatuan -- Juvenile literature.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Juvenile literature. Series True stories in focus. ISBN:  9781338746167 1338746162 Edition:  First edition. Description:  xxix, 289 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-256) and index. Summary:  A thrilling account of the most daring American POW rescue mission of World War II. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, America entered World War II, and a new theater of battle opened up in the Pacific. But US troops, along with thousands of Filipino soldiers who fought alongside them, were overtaken in the Philippines by a fiercely determined Japanese navy, and many Americans and Filipino fighters were killed or captured.These American and Filipino prisoners of war were forced to endure the most horrific conditions on the deadly trek known as the Bataan Death March. Then, the American servicemen who were held captive by the Japanese military in Cabanatuan Camp and others in the Philippines, faced beatings, starvation, and tropical diseases, and lived constantly under the threat of death.Unable to forget their comrades' fate and concerned that these POWs would be brutally murdered as the tides of war shifted in the Pacific, the US Army Rangers undertook one of the most daring and dangerous rescue missions of all time. Aided by the "Angels of the Underground," the Sixth Ranger Battalion and courageous Filipino guerrilla soldiers set out on an uncertain and treacherous assignment. Often called the Great Raid, this remarkable story remains largely forgotten.Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson presents an extraordinary and unflinching look at the heroic servicemen and women who courageously weathered the worst of circumstances and conditions in service to their country, as well as those who answered the call to save their fellow soldiers. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Alderney Gate Public Library Children's Nonfiction 940.5472 H797r Childrens Books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Children's Nonfiction 940.5472 H797r Childrens Books Checked out Jul 13, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Children's Nonfiction 940.5472 H797r Childrens Books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList

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