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The Great Raid is a 2005 internationally co-produced war film about the Raid at Cabanatuan on the island of Luzon, Philippines during World War II. Directed by John Dahl , the film stars Benjamin Bratt , James Franco , Connie Nielsen , Marton Csokas , Joseph Fiennes with Motoki Kobayashi and Cesar Montano .
The Raid at Cabanatuan (Filipino: Pagsalakay sa Cabanatuan), also known as the Great Raid (Filipino: Ang Dakilang Pagsalakay), was a rescue of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians from a Japanese camp near Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
Prince received the nation's second-highest award for valor, the Distinguished Service Cross, for his involvement in the raid. In the late 1990s, he was added to the Army Ranger Hall of Fame . [ 3 ] The Raid at Cabanatuan was depicted in the 1945 film Back to Bataan and the 2005 film The Great Raid which featured actor James Franco playing Prince.
Juan Pajota left the Philippines and was brought to the United States by his friend and author, Forrest Bryant Johnson, who he had met while Mr. Johnson was researching for a book he wrote on the raid of Cabanatuan which was entitled The Hour of Redemption and originally published in 1977. It later was released in 2002 under Warner Books.
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Maximilian Carlo Martini (born December 11, 1969) [1] [2] is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Corporal Fred Henderson in Saving Private Ryan, Wiley in Level 9, First Sergeant Sid Wojo in The Great Raid, and as Master Sergeant Mack Gerhardt in the CBS military drama television series The Unit.
The Air-raid Warden Was a Spy: and Other Tales from Home-front America in World War II. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2003. ISBN 0-471-23488-5; An American Saga; Bizarre tales from World War II. Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 2005, c1999. ISBN 0-785-81992-4 OCLC 60565573; Bloody Clash at Sadzot: Hitler's Final Strike for Antwerp. New York: Jove, 1981. ISBN 0 ...
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