Here is the full story of the daring mission that inspired the movie. Before General Douglas MacArthur could fulfill his stirring promise of "I shall return" and retake the Philippines from Japanese control, a remarkable rescue mission would have to take place. Captured American soldiers had been held at the notorious Cabanatuan prison camp for more than thirty-three months. Emaciated and ill from brutal mistreatment, a mere 511 POWs remained from the 25,000-strong fighting force that MacArthur had been ordered to abandon on February 23, 1942. On the morning of January 28, 1945, a small band of Army Rangers set out on an audacious and daring rescue effort to penetrate thirty miles into Japanese controlled territory, storm the camp, and escape with the POWs, carrying them if necessary.

Title from Playaway label. "The most daring rescue...of our time is a story that has never been told ...the daring mission that inspired the movie"--Container. Originally published: The great raid on Cabanatuan : rescuing the doomed ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor. New York : J. Wiley & Sons, 1994. Release date supplied by publisher. Previously released by Blackstone Audio, Inc., p2005. Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. In container (21 x 13 x 3 cm.). One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback.