[Sivad]

“Needs to be made.”

Fine. I say it’s right up Quentin Tarantino’s ally. The untold WWII
story which should be made into a feature film is the Los Banos
Raid. Over 2100 starving, mostly American civilians were rescued
from a Japanese prison camp on Luzon by a company of US
paratroopers (B Co511PIR/11th AB), 11th AB Recon, Filipino
guerillas and transported to safety across a very large body of
water on 23 Feb ‘45. All of the 150 prison guards were killed or
dispersed w/out losing a prisoner. The rescue took place 30 mi
behind Japanese lines as the battle for Manila raged. A force of
8K Japanese was camped w/in a 2hr march of Los Banos while
the rescue was taking place.

If you are thinking this is the subject of the movie The Great
Raid starring Benjamin Brat (?) a few years back then you would
be wrong. It received scant attention at the time because it
happened the same day as the raising of the US flag on Mt
Surabachi on Iwo Jima by US Marines.

[Tainan]

There has been a movie about this action. I hope someone will post the further info about it. It is one of the RANGER tribute films.

[trubolotta]

There are so many untold stories that unfortunately, I believe will remain untold since they contradict the anti-American narrative of the left. The ignorance of the under-40 crowd today regarding anything prior to their birth is profound. They have been denied knowledge of their heritage in public education and by the media because it does not suit the portrayal of America the left wants to take hold. It is a post-war crime perpetrated for the sake of a political agenda.

[Joe 6-pack]

"The untold WWII story which should be made into a feature film is the Los Banos Raid. Over 2100 starving, mostly American civilians were rescued from a Japanese prison camp on Luzon by a company of US paratroopers (B Co511PIR/11th AB), 11th AB Recon, Filipino guerillas and transported to safety across a very large body of water on 23 Feb ‘45."

If I recall correctly, there was a young paratrooper involved in that operation by the name of Rod Serling...