The Los Baños Prison Camp Raid
The Philippines 1945

by Gordon L. Rottman

Illustrated by: Johnny Shumate, Mariusz Kozik, and Allan Gilliland

This is the 14^th book in the Osprey Raid series.

Usually I give my opinion after I present the Review, however, I'm compelled to say right up front that the author did a fantastic job writing this book. It reads like a novel, unfortunately, it was real life/war. I believe it would've made a great movie.

The book is broken down into seven sections: The Introduction, Origins, Initial Strategy, The Plan, The Raid, Analysis, and Conclusion. The author begins by explaining that this rescue was more spectacular, but less publicized than the Cabanatuan and it was overshadowed by the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima on the same day. The Los Baños Prison Raid was masterfully planned and almost flawlessly executed and the fate of 2,100 men, women and children hung in the balance.

The Introduction is broken down into two subsections: The Philippines Go to War and Los Baños Internment Camp. In these subsections the author gives a little background as to what ensued after the attack on

Pearl Harbor as far as 9,000 Americans living in the Philippines.

Eventually 7,000 were sent to Santo Toma ...
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The Los Baños Prison Camp Raid The Philippines 1945

by Gordon L. Rottman

Illustrated by: Johnny Shumate, Mariusz Kozik, and Allan Gilliland

The Los Baños Prison Camp Raid
The Philippines 1945