Monday, May 28, 2012

Rescue Mission

I've posted this show for a couple of Memorial Days now and still like it, so I'm posting it again. While looking for Memorial Day stuff for this website a few years ago, I came across these videos about what is now a little-known rescue of American soldiers in a Bataan Death Camp in the Philippines. The Mission was to rescue 500 soldiers. There were 1000 Jap soldiers a mile to the east and another 7,000 soldiers 4 miles to the west. 120 Rangers were selected to carry out the mission. The camp was 30 miles behind enemy lines. Quit watching the crap on tv or surfing the net and watch these videos. The story is quite riveting.






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17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great stuff.

Anonymous said...

Sunday
Thanks KingFish - lest we forget!!!
Hope all saw, or can see story on D'Lo on wlbt.com
called the fightnest town in the south, by LIFE magazine,
Also they had an excellent story on the Dutch Airmen who trained in Jxn during WWII.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the videos you post, KF.
I really enjoy them.

Anonymous said...

Kingfish, why dont you use your real name? You're a coward and how dare you garner attention from "real men" such as our veterans!!
You probably draw a disability check and social security?? And claim that you served our country!!
You're a joke!

Anonymous said...

Go phuck yourself 5:31. Or better yt, quit reading this blog. Everybody knows who Kingfish is, dumbass.

Anonymous said...

a movie made 6 years ago.

remf.

don't know that that means?

rear. area. mother. fuc*.

you short, REMF asshole.

Anonymous said...

actually "rear echelon mo-fo"

J. Kev said...

Not calling names or anything, but Hampton Sides -- a Memphis native and one of the premiere writers of non-fiction -- wrote a book calld "Ghost Soldiers" about 10 years ago about this "little known" rescue mission.

Then, a crappy movie called "the Great Raid" was made, based on it.

Whole thing's shrouded in mystery.

Kingfish said...

What mystery? Was pretty well documented.

J. Kev said...

Well, you called it a "little-known" raid.

An NYT best-selling book and a major motion picture militate against that, I think.

Kingfish said...

Little known as most people don't know about it as they do Pearl Harbor, Midway, Coral Sea, Leyte Gulf, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and so on.

Frugal Gal said...

There was a great documentary on PBS last night called "War Letters." Letters from American soldiers from the Revolutionary War to the Gulf War were read out loud -- and that's all there was. No commentary, no interpretation.

Hearing from the soldiers themselves about what they were going through, their dedication to their comrades, and their love for people back home was beautiful. In many cases, the letter being written was the last one the soldier ever had the chance to write, as he was killed soon after sending it.

Hearing from those men and women (kids, really) both breaks your heart and fills it with pride. That's probably how we are supposed to feel on Memorial Day.

J. Kev said...

You're right KF. I forgot. We're in Mississippi, where I'm pretty sure it's illegal to read books.

Not a knock on you. Nobody reads in this state.

J. Kev said...

Oh, and on those little yellow dwarves (dwarfs?) who perpetrated Bataan, the Rape of Nanking, Pearl Harbor, etc:

Savages.

Until we popped a couple of nukes on them. They've been very well-behaved since then.

I think it's a lesson that could be imparted to Muslims in large numbers.

Anonymous said...

KF,
I've never posted anything on here before. However, your posting of this story hits home for me. My maternal grandmother, who is still living and is 100 years old, had one brother. HIs name was Captain Harry White. They lived in the White's community south of Florence (also where I grew up). "Buh" as he was known, actually survived the Bataan Death March, and made it to the prison camp. He was then killed. Our family never recovered his body, but during this rescue, several artifacts were returned to us. They include a homemade calendar that was written in a small notepad in which he was marking off days trying to keep time. He also had kept track of the RayBan sunglasses and extra uniform pants he had purchased prior to being deployed. My great uncle was one of thousands who served his country notably, and gave the ultimate sacrifice. Thank you again for bringing attention to this story.

Sara Yates
Florence, MS

Anonymous said...

Agreed 9:59.

Thermonuclear blasts do seem to send a message.

Anonymous said...

May 30, 2011 5:31 PM. Your a coward and jackass!!! Who are you to question who has servered!I've served with him. 5.31 jackwagon!!



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