"Sgt. Tad Nagaki paid little attention to the cumbersome parachute and combat equipment strapped to his body as he struggled to climb aboard a B-24 Liberator bomber in Kunming, China. His thoughts were focused instead on his last mission in World War II. Reports had reached American headquarters in China in the summer of 1945 that Japan planned to kill all its prisoners of war (POWs).
To prevent a possible massacre, seven-man rescue teams that included medics, communications specialists and interpreters were hastily organized to find and evacuate POWs in China, Manchuria, and Korea. Determined to make one last difference as World War II came to an end, especially since so many lives were at stake, Nagaki had immediately volunteered for the mission. But as the "Armored Angel" droned toward Weihsien Concentration Camp in the Shantung Province, he remembered how he almost didn’t get the chance..."
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