This true story is about Rangers rescuing POW's from a Japanese run prison camp in the Philipenes. These POW's were for the most part the worst-off of the Bataan death march survivors. The healthier ones had been dispersed around the the Japanese Empire for labor. It was believed that the Japs were going to exterminate these left over prisoners before the U.S. advance could overtake the camp. The Rangers had to go behind Jap lines, with local Philipino assistance, and rescue these guys before the Japs could do another prisoner massacare(survivors from the previous butcher had already been found and told the story).
This isn't a usual combat story, but one that shouldn't be ignored or fogotten. The prisoners endured a lot for a few years, and I found it amazing how things worked out(God-Providence?)to prepare the POW's physically for the trek back to freindly lines. Get the book, pass it along.