Watched the John Dahl directed hollywood classic The Great Raid, about the heroic act of US Army Rangers and Filipino guerrillas raiding the Cabanatuan in the Philippines on 30 January 1945. This resulted in the liberation of 511 prisoners of war (POWs) from a Japanese POW camp near Cabanatuan. The event has been acknowledged as a celebrated historic achievement involving Allied special forces during World War II.
It is one movie which shares a deep message about faith and hope - in one's country, in one's people, in those who love us, in god and more than anyone else- in oneself ! The courage with which the PoW survived the gruelling acts by the enemies for 3 years, and the bravery with which the US soldiers fought to get their men back, are few events that could make anyone emotional and patriotic. Such historic instances are few moments of glory that light the history of any nation as twinkling stars, and are visible as a ray of hope when any countrymen retrospects into the history of his nation. The grit, the determination and the courage needed to lead and make such missions a success are found only in men of exemplary will- be it Sardar Bhagat Singh, Mangal Pandey, Rani Jhansi, Sir William Wallace or Capt. Robert Prince . Such people lead the country by example, and the world owes a lot to them, because they have the selfless courage to achieve glory for their nation and its men, often at the cost of their own lives !
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