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The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
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A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II.
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite US Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British POWs who had spent three years in a surreally hellish camp near the city of Cabanatuan. The prisoners included the last survivors of the Bataan Death March left in the camp, and their extraordinary will to live might soon count for nothing - elsewhere in the Philippines, the Japanese Army had already executed American prisoners as it retreated from the advancing US Army. As the Rangers stealthily moved through enemy-occupied territory, they learned that Cabanatuan had become a major transshipment point for the Japanese retreat, and instead of facing the few dozen prison guards, they could possibly confront as many as 8,000 battle-hardened enemy troops.
Hampton Sides' vivid minute-by-minute narration of the raid and his chronicle of the prisoners' wrenching experiences are masterful. But Ghost Soldiers is far more than a thrilling battle saga. Hampton Sides explores the mystery of human behavior under extreme duress - the resilience of the prisoners, who defied the Japanese authorities even as they endured starvation, tropical diseases, and unspeakable tortures; the violent cultural clashes with Japanese guards and soldiers steeped in the warrior ethic of Bushido; the remarkable heroism of the Rangers and Filipino guerrillas; the complex motivations of the US high command, some of whom could justly be charged with abandoning the men of Bataan in 1942; and the nearly suicidal bravado of several spies, including priests and a cabaret owner, who risked their lives to help the prisoners during their long ordeal.
At once a gripping depiction of men at war and a compelling story of redemption, Ghost Soldiers joins such landmark books as Flags of Our Fathers, The Greatest Generation, The Rape of Nanking, and D-Day in preserving the legacy of World War II for future generations.
©2001 Hampton Sides (P)2001 Random House, Inc., Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Divison of Random House, Inc.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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De: Michael Norman, y otros
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On Desperate Ground
- The Marines at the Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: David Pittu
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Hampton Sides' superb account of this epic clash in the Korean War relies on years of archival research, unpublished letters, declassified documents, and interviews with scores of marines and Koreans who survived the siege. While expertly detailing the follies of the American leaders, On Desperate Ground is an immediate, grunt's-eye view of history, enthralling in its narrative pace and powerful in its portrayal of what ordinary men are capable of in the most extreme circumstances.
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typical armchair critic armed with hign site
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Undefeated
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- De: Bill Sloan
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
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Abandoned by their government, the men and women of the American garrison struggled against impossible military odds, rampant disease, and slow starvation to delay inevitable surrender by the largest American military force ever. Rather than picturing these defenders as little more than helpless victims of an overwhelmingly powerful and sadistic enemy-as most previous books about the Philippines campaign have done- Undefeated credits American troops with the unexcelled heroism and indomitable spirit they displayed under the worst imaginable conditions.
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Mesmerizing
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De: Bill Sloan
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The Ghost Mountain Boys
- Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea
- De: James Campbell
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
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New Guinea became the site of one of the World War II's most savage campaigns. Despite their lack of jungle training, the 32nd Division's Ghost Mountain Boys were assigned the most grueling mission of the entire Pacific campaign: to march 130 miles over rugged mountains and to protect the right flank of the Australian army as they fought to push the Japanese back to the village of Buna.
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painful reading
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De: James Campbell
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Behind Japanese Lines
- With the OSS in Burma
- De: Richard Dunlop
- Narrado por: David Baker
- Duración: 13 h y 35 m
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The extraordinary firsthand account of an American special forces unit in the jungles of southeast Asia and their guerilla operations against the Japanese during World War II!
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The OSS in Burma
- De William R. Todd-Mancillas (Name includes hyphen and capitalized M). en 08-03-14
De: Richard Dunlop
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Goodbye, Darkness
- A Memoir of the Pacific War
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
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This memoir offers an unrivaled firsthand account of World War II in the Pacific - what it looked like, sounded like, smelled like, and most of all, what it felt like to one who underwent all but the ultimate of its experiences.
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The best war memoir ever
- De Doug en 05-31-07
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Devil's Guard
- De: George R. Elford
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
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The personal account of a guerrilla fighter in the French Foreign Legion reveals the Nazi Battalion's inhumanities to Indochinese villagers.
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If it is only half true...
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De: George R. Elford
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As Good as Dead
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- De: Stephen L. Moore
- Narrado por: Tim Campbell
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In late 1944 the Allies invaded the Japanese-held Philippines, and soon the end of the Pacific War was within reach. But for the last 150 American prisoners of war still held on the island of Palawan, there would be no salvation. As soldiers, sailors, and marines were herded into shallow air raid shelters, Japanese soldiers doused them with gasoline and set them on fire. By the next morning, only 11 men were left alive - but their desperate journey to freedom had just begun.
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A question of compassion.
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The Liberator
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- De: Alex Kershaw
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
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From July 10, 1943, the date of the Allied landing in Sicily, to May 8, 1945, when victory in Europe was declared - the entire time it took to liberate Europe - no regiment saw more action, and no single platoon, company, or battalion endured worse, than the ones commanded by Felix Sparks, who had entered the war as a greenhorn second lieutenant of the 157th "Eager for Duty" Infantry Regiment of the 45th "Thunderbird" Division. Sparks and his fellow Thunderbirds fought longest and hardest to defeat Hitler.
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Now I Know What a Hero Really Is
- De Steven en 11-27-12
De: Alex Kershaw
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The Greatest U.S. Marine Corps Stories Ever Told
- Unforgettable Stories of Courage, Honor, and Sacrifice
- De: Iain Martin, Colonel Joseph H. Alexander - introduction
- Narrado por: Pete Simonelli
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On Friday, November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress approved a resolution for the organization of the Corps, creating what would become the hallowed few, the proud - the Marines. Since then, the men and women of the United States Marine Corps have created the finest traditions of service and honor, and supplied a pantheon of heroes who have upheld them.
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Marines Will Hate This Narrator.
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De: Iain Martin, y otros
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Voices of the Foreign Legion
- The History of the World's Most Famous Fighting Corps
- De: Adrian D. Gilbert
- Narrado por: Eric Brooks
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The French Foreign Legion has established a reputation as the most formidable of military forces. Created as a means of protecting French interests abroad, the legion spearheaded French colonialism in North Africa during the nineteenth century. Accepting volunteers from all parts of the world, the legion acquired an aura of mystery—and a less than enviable reputation for brutality within its ranks.
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A good, if not amazing listen
- De Shaun en 03-06-13
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Helmet for My Pillow
- From Parris Island to the Pacific: A Young Marine's Stirring Account of Combat in World War II
- De: Robert Leckie
- Narrado por: James Badge Dale, Tom Hanks (introduction)
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
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The celebrated 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific, winner of eight Emmy Awards, was based on two classic books about the War in the Pacific, Helmet for My Pillow and With The Old Breed. Audible Studios, in partnership with Playtone, the production company co-owned by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and creator of the award-winning HBO series Band of Brothers, John Adams, and The Pacific, as well as the HBO movie Game Change, has created new recordings of these memoirs, narrated by the stars of the miniseries.
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Should be required reading in high school
- De Randall en 04-03-19
De: Robert Leckie
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Rogue Heroes
- The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
- De: Ben Macintyre
- Narrado por: Ben Macintyre
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Britain's Special Air Service - or SAS - was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat whose aimlessness in early life belied a remarkable strategic mind. Where most of his colleagues looked at a battlefield map of World War II's African theater and saw a protracted struggle with Rommel's desert forces, Stirling saw an opportunity: Given a small number of elite, well-trained men, he could parachute behind enemy lines and sabotage their airplanes and war matériel.
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Those Who Dared, Won!
- De Matthew en 10-07-16
De: Ben Macintyre
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Bloody Ridge and Beyond
- A World War II Marine's Memoir of Edson's Raiders inthe Pacific
- De: Marlin Groft, Larry Alexander
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
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On the killing ground that was the island of Guadalcanal, a 2,000-yard-long ridge rose from the jungle canopy. Behind it lay the all-important air base of Henderson Field. And if Henderson Field fell, it would mean the almost certain death or capture of all 12,500 marines on the island. But the marines positioned on the ridge were no normal fighters - they were the hard-fighting men of Edson's Raiders, an elite fighting unit within an already elite Marine Corps.
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A Masterful Account
- De Arthur en 01-25-18
De: Marlin Groft, y otros
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A Rumor of War
- De: Philip Caputo
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 13 h y 16 m
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When it first appeared, A Rumor of War brought home to American readers, with terrifying vividness and honesty, the devastating effects of the Vietnam War on the soldiers who fought there. And while it is a memoir of one young man's experiences and therefore deeply personal, it is also a book that speaks powerfully to today's students about the larger themes of human conscience, good and evil, and the desperate extremes men are forced to confront in any war.
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The Reality of the U.S in the Vietnam War
- De Glenn en 09-10-12
De: Philip Caputo
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Rescue at Los Banos
- The Most Daring Prison Camp Raid of World War II
- De: Bruce Henderson
- Narrado por: Brett Barry
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
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In February 1945, as the US victory in the Pacific drew nearer, the Japanese army grew desperate, and its soldiers guarding U.S. and Allied POWs more sadistic. Starved, shot and beaten, many of the 2,146 prisoners of the Los Baños prison camp in the Philippines - most of them American men, women and children - would not survive much longer unless rescued soon.
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Edge of your seat story. Great narration
- De Stuart Bruce en 04-16-15
De: Bruce Henderson
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The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz
- A True Story of World War II
- De: Denis Avey, Rob Broomby
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
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The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into the notorious concentration camp, Buna-Monowitz, known as Auschwitz III. In the summer of 1944, Denis Avey was being held in a British POW labor camp, E715, near the site of Auschwitz III. He had heard of the brutality meted out to the prisoners there and he was determined to witness what he could.
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Great, great story
- De Anonymous User en 08-12-11
De: Denis Avey, y otros
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His name wasn’t Chester Nez. That was the English name he was assigned in kindergarten. And in boarding school at Fort Defiance, he was punished for speaking his native language, as the teachers sought to rid him of his culture and traditions. But discrimination didn’t stop Chester from answering the call to defend his country after Pearl Harbor, for the Navajo have always been warriors, and his upbringing on a New Mexico reservation gave him the strength to excel as a marine. This is the first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII.
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Shadows In The Jungle.
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De: Larry Alexander
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The Liberator
- One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
- De: Alex Kershaw
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
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From July 10, 1943, the date of the Allied landing in Sicily, to May 8, 1945, when victory in Europe was declared - the entire time it took to liberate Europe - no regiment saw more action, and no single platoon, company, or battalion endured worse, than the ones commanded by Felix Sparks, who had entered the war as a greenhorn second lieutenant of the 157th "Eager for Duty" Infantry Regiment of the 45th "Thunderbird" Division. Sparks and his fellow Thunderbirds fought longest and hardest to defeat Hitler.
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Now I Know What a Hero Really Is
- De Steven en 11-27-12
De: Alex Kershaw
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Patton's Prayer
- A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II
- De: Alex Kershaw
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 7 h y 49 m
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General George Patton needed a miracle. In December 1944, the Allies found themselves stuck. Rain had plagued the troops daily since September, turning roads into rivers of muck, slowing trucks and tanks to a crawl. A thick ceiling of clouds had grounded American warplanes, allowing the Germans to reinforce. The sprint to Berlin had become a muddy, bloody stalemate, costing thousands of American lives. Patton seethed, desperate for some change, any change, in the weather.
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The Patton story you need to hear.
- De Norm Brock en 06-11-24
De: Alex Kershaw
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The White Darkness
- De: David Grann
- Narrado por: Will Patton
- Duración: 2 h y 28 m
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Henry Worsley spent his life idolizing Ernest Shackleton, the 19th-century polar explorer who tried to become the first person to reach the South Pole and later sought to cross Antarctica on foot. Worsley felt an overpowering connection to those expeditions. In 2008, Worsley set out across Antarctica with two other descendants of Shackleton's crew, battling the freezing, desolate landscape and life-threatening physical exhaustion. He soon felt compelled to go back. In 2015, Worsley bid farewell to his family and embarked on his most perilous quest: to walk across Antarctica alone.
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Will Patton's narration
- De Carol en 01-18-19
De: David Grann
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- bevybee
- 08-24-22
Audio book
Book was really good but audio book skipped a lot of pages and paragraphs making it’s hard to keep along with the book
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- Roy Robbins
- 07-30-21
Good Story
Brings together the soldiers and their care for their countryman. And when America cared for Americans. A great example of the Army Rangers at their beginning on what they can do.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-02-23
great story
My boys and I read the book and then listen to the audio automotive very good.
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- Vidoloff
- 12-22-22
Gallant Rescue of Battan Death March POWs
The unknown to me story of one of the first Ranger Battalions and their courageous rescue on Battan of the survivors of the Death March of WW2.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-10-19
the first mission of Rangers to save UD Pow,'s
This is tough book to listen to at times because of the atrocities the Japanese committed on US POWs but just n the end the rangers rangers saved our prisoners.
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- R. D.
- 10-08-19
Far too apologetic for the Japanese barbarity.
There's a lot of excuse making for Japanese brutality on the Bataan Death March and I think it was far too over-stated. Otherwise, it was a good story.
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- Michael F Quinlan Jr
- 07-19-18
Great story of great warriors.
Well written and performed. Amazing story of America Rangers and Philippine guerrillas rescuing US & Allied POWs of the Bataan Death March from a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines.
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- Zach
- 09-07-03
Ghost soldiers
Some books are interesting, others engrossing and other's tell stories sure to be remembered for quite some time. This book falls into all three categories. What a profoundly moving book! Excellent narration. Learned a lot about WWII at the same time!
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- JCC
- 02-17-18
A Forgotten Story from WWII
Not for the faint of heart, this history is well worth the time. Kudos to the author for reminding us of these heroes of the Pacific Campaign. Great narration.
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- Jaime Stewart
- 04-26-21
Wonderful storytelling!
An incredible mission that I only knew slightly about. The original writing is a captivating account of heroic efforts of many, many people.
The audible adaptation just makes it even better! My most favorite listened to edition yet. The narrator had me hooked from the beginning!
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