
192 - 'The Angels', The 11th Airborne Division
The WW2 Podcast
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The 11th Airborne Rescue Mission
MacArthur became concerned that as the campaign continued and the Japanese were going to fall back into other prepared fighting positions, they might kill the prisoners. The 11th got tapped for a rescue mission. It was extremely successful. A couple of the of the prisoners were wounded, but none of them were killed.
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