In January 1945, deep behind Japanese lines on the island of Luzon, more than 500 American prisoners of war remain trapped in the brutal Cabanatuan prison camp. Fearing the prisoners will be massacred before liberation arrives, the U.S. Army launches one of the most daring rescue missions of the Second World War. Led by Rangers, Alamo Scouts, and Filipino guerrillas, the raiders crawl through open ground under cover of darkness before striking the camp in a lightning assault. Outnumbered and operating far from friendly lines, the rescuers must move quickly before Japanese reinforcements close in around them.