Research Catalog

Title

Race against death : the greatest POW rescue of World War II / by Deborah Hopkinson.

Author

Hopkinson, Deborah

Publication

New York : Scholastic Focus, 2023.

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Details

Description

xxix, 289 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm

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"--

Alternative Title

Greatest POW rescue of World War II

Subject

• United States. Army. Ranger Infantry Battalion, 6th > History > Juvenile literature
• United States. Army. Ranger Infantry Battalion, 6th
• 1939-1945
• 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
• Internment camps
• Military campaigns
• Philippines > Cabanatuan

Genre/Form

• History
• Juvenile works
• Biographies.
• Illustrated works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index.

Audience (note)

• Ages 9-12
• Grades 4-6

Contents

Part 1: From shock to surrender, December 1941-Spring 1942. the first days: Horror an destruction -- Retreat! Get out! -- Staying alive on Bataan -- Corregidor: In the tunnel -- Surrender: First Bataan, Then Corregidor -- Part 2: Endurance and resistance, Spring 1942-Fall 1944. The Bataan death march -- Camp O'Donnell: Death at the end of the march -- From Camp O'Donnell to Cabanatuan -- Cabanatuan: Rats, rice, and lice -- Ralph and Pilar: Bilibid to Cabanatuan -- Part 3: Race against death, Fall 1944-Winter 1945. Fall 1944: New hopes, new fears -- POWs in danger -- In camp: Last days -- The rescuers: Making the case -- The rescuers: A daring plan -- The rescuers: All systems go! -- In camp: Just before dark -- The road back -- The real heroes -- Epilogue: Our small white crosses.

Call Number

JFD 24-521

ISBN

• 9781338746167
• 1338746162
• 9781338746174 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2022016416

OCLC

1309290468

Author

Hopkinson, Deborah, author.

Title

Race against death : the greatest POW rescue of World War II / by Deborah Hopkinson.

Publisher

New York : Scholastic Focus, 2023.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index.

Audience

Ages 9-12 Scholastic Focus.

Grades 4-6 Scholastic Focus.

Chronological Term

1939-1945

Research Call Number

JFD 24-521