Based on the novels The great raid on Cabanatuan by William Breuer and Ghost soldiers by Hampton Sides. Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Features: extended deleted scenes with commentary, Captain Dale Dye's boot camp, The price of freedom: Making The Great Raid, The veterans remember, War in the Pacific interactive timeline, feature commentary, Mixing The Great Raid, the mix board with special audio options. Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen.
Summary:
Chronicles the daring mission of the elite U.S. Army Sixth Ranger Battalion to slip behind enemy lines in the Philippines and rescue the 513 American and British POWs who had spent over three years in a hellish, Japanese-run camp near Cabanatuan.
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