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As the United States engaged in a bloody campaign to pacify its newly-won Philippines territory, a secret American mission went terribly wrong, resulting in a prisoner-of-war incident that foreshadowed World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. What happened next was an epic struggle for survival, a test of the human will to live, and ultimately, a crucible for heroes. Their captivity and the torturous expedition sent to the American POWs' rescue, recalled today as one of the greatest marches in U.S. Army history, features a tightly-hewn cast of characters-. A sweeping military epic drawing on…
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4 editions- Other · English · 2012Lyons Press · 417 pages · 9780762780297
- Other · English · 2012Devil's CausewayGlobe Pequot Press, The · 9780762787463
- Other · English · 2012Devil's CausewayGlobe Pequot Press, The · 432 pages · 9780762787470
- Other · English · 2012Devil's CausewayGlobe Pequot Press, The · 9781322090580
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