In February 1945, the US 11th Airborne Division and Filipino guerrillas freed 2,147 civilian internees from the Los Baños camp, 20 miles behind Japanese lines and across the river from the 8,000 to 10,000-man Tiger Division, without losing a single prisoner. This episode explains how the plan hinged on one piece of intelligence: at 7:00 a.m. every morning, the camp guards did calisthenics unarmed.

The conversation walks through the four synchronized phases, from guerrillas hidden in the grass and 54 Amtracs crossing Laguna de Bay to a diversionary roadblock at the Lecheria Hills and a 500-foot parachute drop directly onto the camp. It covers the escapees who drew the camp layout on a chalkboard, the decision to set huts on fire to move panicked internees, and the horrific aftermath, when Warrant Officer Sadaaki Konishi returned with troops  ...