Race against death: the greatest POW rescue of World War II

Part 1: From shock to surrender, December 1941-Spring 1942. The first days: Horror an destruction

Retreat! Get out!

Staying alive on Bataan

Corregidor: In the tunnel

Surrender: First Bataan, Then Corregidor

Part 2: Endurance and resistance, Spring 1942-Fall 1944. The Bataan death march

Camp O'Donnell: Death at the end of the march

From Camp O'Donnell to Cabanatuan

Cabanatuan: Rats, rice, and lice

Ralph and Pilar: Bilibid to Cabanatuan

Part 3: Race against death, Fall 1944-Winter 1945. Fall 1944: New hopes, new fears

POWs in danger

In camp: Last days

The rescuers: Making the case

The rescuers: A daring plan

The rescuers: All systems go!

In camp: Just before dark

The road back

The real heroes

Epilogue: Our small white crosses.