[april15Bendovr]

Does anyone think this would happen in today's San Francisco???? Well maybe the lingerie would be thrown by the men of today's San Francisco.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Today they throw themselves off in godless despair.

[Grizzled Bear]

Does anyone think this would happen in today’s San Francisco????

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I might be wrong but I believe there are enough real Americans that anybody wanting to be disrepectful towards the returning troops would find themselves “corrected” very quickly.

[Turret Gunner A20]

The good citizens of SF would spit on them, like they did the Vietnam returnees.

God, that city is a disgusting sewer.

[andyandval]

When I finished this book, I turned back to page one and read it again.

[BallyBill]

Probably Urinate on them and scream “This is a YouTube moment”

[prf]

my dad was one of those liberated by the ghost soldiers-————he said that the entire city of San Francisco opened their hearts to the returning POW’s -—— free cab rides, dinners, and countless people just coming up and thanking them for their service and sacrifice...........

[ought-six]

I just finished that book. What a fantastic read!

[steelyourfaith]

I picked this book up in an airport years ago and couldn’t put it down. I, too, was struck by that San Francisco incident.

[april15Bendovr]

This is april15 father chiming in on his account. I am proud that he picked such a great topic.

It is a shame that it took 55 years to finally tell the exploits of the 6th Ranger Battalion and the Great Raid. Many thanks to Author Hampton Sides for a wonderful history lesson.

Another point of history. If you ever saw the movie "Back to Bataan" with John Wayne and Anthony Quinn, the Cabanatuan raid started the movie and the end featured a number of real former Philippine POWs with their names and home towns.