Adult Nonfiction – 940.5425 Sid
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British POWs. As the Rangers stealthily moved through enemy-occupied territory, they learned that instead of facing the few dozen prison guards, they could possibly confront as many as 8,000 battle-hardened enemy troops. —Publisher