Los Banos Prison Camp Raid

The Philippines 1945

AvGordon L. Rottman

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

Del 14 i serien Raid

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On the southwest shore of Laguna de Bay in the Philippines stood the Los Banos Internment Camp.Held within were 2,147 starving POWs, surrounded by thousands of Japanese troops. As the desperate battle for Manila raged, only 130 Paratroopers could be spared for the rescue operation. Supported by Alamo Scouts, local guerrillas, and amphibious tractors, they seized the element of surprise, and rescued the POWs.A stunningly successful raid that has received very little coverage, this is a long-overdue assessment of one of the truly great operations during the dying days of World War II.

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Utgivningsdatum:2010-09-10
Mått:180 x 244 x 5 mm
Vikt:300 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Raid
Antal sidor:80
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustratör:Johnny Shumate, Alan Gilliland, Mariusz Kozik
ISBN:9781849080750

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Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969–70 and subsequently in airborne infantry, long-range patrol and intelligence assignments until retiring after 26 years. He was a Special Operations Forces scenario writer at the Joint Readiness Training Center for 12 years and is now a freelance writer, living in Texas. Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani, and Edouard Detaille.