Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission
Author: Sides, Hampton
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
9.1
Points
21.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
110896
Points per Word
0.000189
Page Count
344
Points per Page
0.061047
Description
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission was to march thirty miles to rescue 513 POWs in a concentration camp. Among the POWs were the last survivors of the Bataan Death March.