Rescue at Los Baños, similar to Ghost Soldiers and Unbroken, is the incredible untold true story of one of the greatest military rescues of all time.
As the Pacific War was ending in 1945, 2,146 POWs held at the Los Baños prison camp in the Philippines knew that their chances of survival were slim if help did not arrive soon. General Douglas MacArthur authorized the 11th Airborne Division to embark on a dangerous mission that has gone down in history as “a textbook operation for all ages and all armies.”
Weaving together personal interviews, diaries, memoirs and archival research, Bruce Henderson, the author of Hero Found and The Sea Will Tell, tells the story of this incredibly brave group of POWs of all ages, male and female, and the young American and Filipino men who risked their lives to rescue them.
– Annie