{"product_id":"ghost-soldiers-the-epic-account-of-world-war-iis-greatest-rescue-mission","title":"Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER •\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e “The greatest World War II story never told” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEsquire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e)—an enthralling account of the heroic mission to rescue the last survivors of the Bataan Death March—from the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBlood and Thunder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty rugged miles to rescue 513 POWs languishing in a hellish camp, among them the last survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March. A recent prison massacre by Japanese soldiers elsewhere in the Philippines made the stakes impossibly high and left little time to plan the complex operation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGhost Soldiers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHampton Sides vividly re-creates this daring raid, offering a minute-by-minute narration that unfolds alongside intimate portraits of the prisoners and their lives in the camp. Sides shows how the POWs banded together to survive, defying the Japanese authorities even as they endured starvation, tropical diseases, and torture. Harrowing, poignant, and inspiring, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGhost Soldiers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the mesmerizing story of a remarkable mission. It is also a testament to the human spirit, an account of enormous bravery and self-sacrifice amid the most trying conditions.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eList Price $14.95  - Our Price $8.95\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Blood on the Street ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47886264500446,"sku":null,"price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0604\/8687\/7406\/files\/GH1.png?v=1770516766","url":"https:\/\/bloodonthestreetcollectibles.com\/products\/ghost-soldiers-the-epic-account-of-world-war-iis-greatest-rescue-mission","provider":"Blood on the Street ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}