Thursday, November 3, 2011

Ghost Soliers pt6

I have finished the book and i read pages 250 to 314. Finally there help had made it, when the RAngers finally had a strike on the prison many of the POW's didn't believe it. They were at first completely shocked and immobile, but once reality srtuck their chance for a little payback on the their tormentors spurred them on. They were tired of starving to death, and disease killing, and the cruelty of the Japanese soldiers. Stories of Japanese greed, chopping off fingers to get rings, and knocking teeth out to get gold fillings. On one account, some of the prisoners passed back and forth dentures they had found, so they could eat. These times were over now, they had to get ready fast for getting out of the wretched prison camp. The Rangers rescuing the imprisoned soldiers were horrified at the sight of the physical conditions, some wept, some were even more determined than ever to get their comrades back home. This story os an important piece of history, being an account of a band of brothers who would not let their fellow Americans perish at the hands of the enemy. Their bravery is not forgotten and should live forever.

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