Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Soochow - This was a marine regimental mascot and was kept in regal style at Cabanatuan Camp.

Philippines - This place is a country in Southeast Asia composed of more than 7,100 islands.

Bataan Death March - This was when prisoners had to walk from a peninsula to a prison camp, resulting in a high death toll.

Camp O'Donnell - This place was a United States military facility in the Philippines that became a Japanese prisoner of war camp.

Cabanatuan Camp - This was a place constructed by the Japanese as a centralized...
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