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Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides is about US Army Rangers and Philippine guerillas raiding a Japanese POW camp in WWII. The Japanese army had already executed POWs, so the US army, as it liberated the Philippines, had seen what the retreating Japanese could do. The combined forces successfully approached Cabanatuan camp (thirty miles behind enemy lines) in a surprise night attack, freeing 511 men. The event was a shining success that lit up the United States with gratitude and pride.