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	Henry Mucci - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mucci was his man. Mucci announced that the Battalion was being converted from Field Artillery to Rangers, downsized the battallion from 1,000 men to 500, and held a training camp in New Guinea where he utilized commando type training techniques for over a year.
		Mucci was born in 1909 in Bridgeport,CT. His parents had both emigrated from Italy, and his father worked as a horse salesman in the Bridgeport area.
		Mucci survived the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Mucci (602 words)

	Raid at Cabanatuan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry Mucci and his 6th Ranger Battalion the mission to raid Cabanatuan and rescue the POWs.
		The agitated Mucci told the lieutenant that both Rangers and guerrillas were passing through, or he would call in an artillery barrage and level the whole village.
		Pajota and Mucci arranged for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) to have a P-61 Black Widow night fighter buzz the camp while the men made their way across the field.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raid_at_Cabanatuan (2224 words)

	Cabantuan
		Mucci arrived in Port Moresby to assume command of the 98th in April 1944, and on 25 September, the unit was redesignated the 6th Ranger Infantry Battalion.
		Mucci had scheduled the attack on the compound to begin shortly after 1930, and Pajota set the bomb with the hope of destroying Japanese who might try to cross the bridge to aid the compound's garrison.
		Mucci's men used aerial photographs in their planning, and every officer and enlisted man familiarized himself with the routes, rendezvous points, and the location of the objective.
	www.4point2.org /cabanatuan.htm (6172 words)

	Reeling: the Movie Review Show's review of The Great Raid
		Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt), take on the daunting task, against impossible odds, to save their imprisoned comrades in The Great Raid.”
		Colonel Mucci took on the task to lead his small group of 120 US soldiers and their Filipino allies behind enemy lines to do the impossible – free the 500 plus men before the Japanese murdered them all.
		Benjamin Bratt captures the cocky but capable arrogance of Col. Mucci as he deploys his forces carefully to outwit the enemy and affect the rescue.
	www.reelingreviews.com /thegreatraid.htm (1232 words)

	American Experience Bataan Rescue People & Events
		While Robert Prince was the brains and Henry Mucci the sheer force behind the Cabanatuan rescue mission, it was USAFFE guerrilla leader Captain Juan Pajota who added the finesse.
		Learning that Mucci was determined to stage the raid that very evening, Pajota clearly and simply informed Mucci, "Sir, with all due respect, that is suicide." Pajota explained that the Japanese would have large numbers of troops and trucks on the roads that evening.
		Mucci and Prince were worried that transporting the nearly 500 POWs thirty miles across enemy lines was going to prove impossible.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/bataan/peopleevents/p_pajota.html (644 words)

	Town Topics
		It stars Benjamin Bratt as Henry Mucci, the Lieutenant Colonel who led a force of Army Rangers on what is still considered the most successful rescue mission ever mounted by the U.S. Armed Forces.
		Mucci and his rangers risk life and limb infiltrating the frontlines and penetrating deeper and deeper into enemy territory on their way to the camp, the film flits back and forth between the desperate plight of these two lovers.
		ON THEIR WAY TO RESCUE THE POWS: U.S. Army Rangers, led by Lt. Col Mucci, crawl as unobtrusively as possible across an open field to mount a surprise attack on the POW camp in order to liberate the allied troops who are incarcerated there.
	www.towntopics.com /aug1005/cinema.html (563 words)

	print_article.jsp?article=2935278
		If Col. Henry A. Mucci — the man called Bridgeport's greatest war hero — were alive today, chances are he would not attend a showing of "The Great Raid," the movie about his World War II exploits that opens today at several area theaters.
		Mucci, who remained in top physical condition, died in 1997 at 88 after being "rolled"' by a wave while swimming in the surf in Melbourne, Fla., and suffering a heart attack while being treated in the hospital.
		In 1974, Mucci's relatives were instrumental in persuading the state to name the stretch of Route 25 between Bridgeport and Newtown after Mucci.
	www.connpost.com /portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=2935278 (951 words)

	Gateway Newspapers
		Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt), commander of the 6th Ranger Battalion, a demanding and somewhat aloof officer who drove his men so hard they hated him.
		Bratt's Mucci, for example, is never given an opportunity to demonstrate why Franco's Prince is so loyal to him, particularly since real-life history states that his men hated Mucci.
		Upon arriving in the Philippines with other battalions, Mucci is eager for a mission wherein his men can finally prove their mettle.
	www.gatewaynewspapers.com /norwinstar/50922?printable=story (571 words)

	Celluloid Heroes: A Movie Review Diary: The Great Raid (2005)
		Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt), a charismatic and flamboyent leader.
		Benjamin Bratt's oversized portrayal of Col. Mucci also tends to overshadow the other characters a bit, but I don't think the real Henry Mucci would have objected too much.
		Despite Mucci's desired to keep the raid a mostly Rangers affair, the Filipino's prove indispensible to the success of the final mission.
	dvdlovers.blogspot.com /2006/01/great-raid-2005.html (730 words)

	DefenseLINK News: America Supports You: 'The Great Raid' Preview Storms D.C.
		Henry A. Mucci, working from 6th Army Headquarters in Luzon in the Philippines, was charged with figuring out how to free the POWs before the Japanese army's "Kill All" policy was enforced.
		Henry A. Mucci, who took action to free U.S. prisoners of war held by the Japanese in the Philippines.
		The raid was conducted to rescue the more than 500 U.S. prisoners of war who had survived the Bataan Death March through the jungles of the Philippines.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Jul2005/20050729_2275.html (936 words)

	The Great Raid Cast & Crew :: Hollywood.com
		Back at the 6th Army Headquarters in nearby Luzon, Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. Mucci, the tough, ambitious but charismatic leader known for inspiring devoted loyalty among his men, has been assigned to find a way to penetrate behind enemy lines and free the U.S. prisoners.
		Mucci selects the young, bookish but brilliant Captain Robert Prince to lead the raid, who in turn comes up with a daring plan to have 121 hand-picked, elite Rangers and Alamo Scouts slip 30 miles deep into enemy territory and make a surprise, lightning assault on the camp.
		The task appears to be strategically impossible--the men will likely face heavy resistance and will be far outnumbered by Japanese troops--but Mucci is never deterred by an extreme challenge.
	www.hollywood.com /movies/fulldetail/id/1614778 (384 words)

	Stuck On Stupid: A Must Watch Movie: The Great Raid
		Colonel Henry Mucci (as portrayed with integrity by Benjamin Bratt) gives a speech to his troops at the onset of the raid.
		Mucci's speech is the very type that is philosophically abhorrent to the PC crowd.
		And in fact, the Rangers were inspired by those words of their beloved leader, Mucci, and over 500 American lives were saved by them.
	stuckon-stupid.com /blog/2006/02/a_must_watch_movie_the_great_r.html (560 words)

	The Great Raid
		Henry Mucci; James Franco as Capt. Robert Prince; Joseph Fiennes as Maj. Daniel Gibson; Marton Csokas as Maj. Redding; Connie Nielsen as Margaret Utinsky; Logan Marshall Green as Lt. Colvin; Cesar Montano as Capt. Pajota; Nikko Mackintosh as Nikko; Motoki Kobayashi as Maj. Nagai
		Henry Mucci leads 121 hand-picked Rangers on a two-day trek toward the prison camp.
		Mucci returns the accolades by telling Prince he's proud of him and also offers him a powerful description of what true glory entails ("It's not about recognition...
	www.pluggedinonline.com /movies/movies/a0002286.cfm (1728 words)

	KnoxNews: Movies
		Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt) turns to young Capt. Robert Prince (James Franco) to devise a plan to rescue the POWs.
		Mucci's Rangers and Alamo Scouts will be ludicrously outnumbered - about 100 to 1 - and the POWs are sure to be slaughtered if the Japanese get wind of a U.S. approach.
		The film slips seamlessly from the operations of Mucci and his men - abetted by Filipino forces - to the POWs, whose ranking officer, Maj. Gibson (Joseph Fiennes), is struggling with malaria.
	www.knoxnews.com /kns/movies/article/0,1406,KNS_324_3992694,00.html (468 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Is The Great Raid So Great?
		The leader of the operation, Colonel Henry Mucci, never gave interviews about it after the war.
		Mucci, as portrayed by Benjamin Bratt, is the kind of fellow you’d want to have liberate you from a prison camp, but not necessarily the kind of guy you’d want to watch doing it.
		Mucci passed away in 1997, and according to his grandson, “He never thought the story should be popularized.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/web/20050903-great-raid-mucci-bataan-philippines-dahl.shtml (730 words)

	STLtoday - Entertainment - Movies
		Set in the Philippines in 1945, this is the true story of the Sixth Ranger Battalion, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci, as it undertakes a daring rescue mission -- against all odds.
		Mucci (a ramrod Benjamin Bratt) to lead what might be a suicide mission against a Japanese stronghold.
		The story is slowed by the continual cutting between Prince's commandos, the Yank prisoners (led by a malarial Joseph Fiennes) and a civilian resistance group (led by American nurse Connie Nielsen) that supplies the POWs with contraband medicine.
	www.stltoday.com /stltoday/entertainment/movietimes.nsf/Movies/43CCFD60507147B486257052006BC032?opendocument (490 words)

	PBS VIDEOdatabase of America's History and Culture -- Chapters
		Colonel Henry Mucci was ordered to transform a group of soldiers known as mule skinners into Army Rangers, jungle commandos able to survive behind enemy lines.
		The morning of January 31, 1945, Colonel Henry Mucci's 6th Ranger Battalion had completed their mission.
		Under Mucci's supervision the 6th Ranger Battalion became a strong, flexible force ready to take on special assignments.
	pbsvideodb.pbs.org /programs/all_chapters.asp?item_id=38869 (719 words)

	The Noonz Wire: "The Great Raid" Movie Opens, But Not In Mucci's Hometown
		Colonel Mucci was a native of Bridgeport, CT. In fact, a section of Route 8 in Bridgeport (which I drive on daily) is named the Colonel Henry Mucci Highway.
		The point is that Henry Mucci, hero of The Great Raid, is from Bridgeport, where National Amusements operates a very successful multiplex.
		A group of 121 US Army Rangers selected and trained by Colonel Henry Mucci and led by Captain Robert Prince (again, selected by Mucci) executed the raid, which ultimately became the single most successful rescue operation of its kind.
	noonzwire.blogspot.com /2005/08/great-raid-movie-opens-but-not-in.html (660 words)

	ArmyRanger.com - For and by the Ranger Community
		To command the new unit, the general selected Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. Mucci.
		Mucci's force departed its base camp at Calasiao at 0500 on 28 January by truck.
		Mucci's task organization for the mission consisted of himself, Company C, 2nd Platoon of Company F, two teams of Alamo Scouts, and four combat photographers.
	www.armyranger.com /mod.php?mod=userpage&page_id=50 (528 words)

	The Filipino Express Online
		A message from the Philippine Ambassador to the United States, Albert del Rosario was read for the occasion as well as a resolution from the Governor of Connecticut designating August l7 as the Col. Henry A. Mucci Day.
		Mucci’s life of courage, patriotism, loyalty to his country and his fellow men, love to his family, and firm commitment to peace and freedom.
		Aided by Filipino guerillas and local residents, Col. Mucci led the U.S. Army Rangers in one of the most daring and successful rescue missions in U.S. military history.
	www.filipinoexpress.com /19/35_eweek.html (1308 words)

	Optimum Online - Full Movie Review
		Led by Colonel Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt) and Captain Robert Prince (James Franco), the Rangers--many of whom have never seen a street fight, let alone battle--crawl through thick jungle, hide in tall grass from enemy convoys and plot their daring raid from a nearby village the Japanese have seemingly failed to notice.
		Bratt exudes a stalwart bravado as Mucci, though his earnest delivery and stony demeanor deadens what could be a fun character.
		The result was one of the most audacious and successful rescue missions in U.S. military history.
	www.optonline.com /Movies/FullReview?movieId=41492 (782 words)

	GetOut Magazine
		Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt) announces to his 6th Ranger Battalion that it will plunge 30 miles behind enemy lines (on foot, no less!) to storm the notorious Cabanatuan POW camp, the implied and imminent threat of annihilation is enough to carry the scene.
		And while the movie has plenty of engaging and harrowing moments, there’s something vaguely dysfunctional about it as a piece of cinema — it’s too straight, too self-assured, too tactical.
	www.getoutaz.com /movies/081105raid.shtml (426 words)

	Great Raid Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or World War 2 movie
		Colonel Henry Mucci was awarded the Servise Cross for valor.
		Major, this is Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci CO th Ranger Battalion.
		My commanding officer was lieutenant colonel Henry Mucci.
	www.script-o-rama.com /movie_scripts/g/great-raid-script-transcript-dahl.html (4237 words)

	Movie Info for The Great Raid on MSN Movies
		Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt) to lead the Sixth Ranger Battalion on a mission 30 miles behind enemy lines to infiltrate Cabanatuan and liberate the American prisoners.
		Lieutenant Col. Henry A. Mucci, Lt. Colonel Henry Mucci, Lt. Colonel Mucci
		With the help of Capt. Prince (James Franco), Mucci leads his men on a life-or-death raid against forces known for their savagery.
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=545763 (261 words)

	The Great Raid - Wild Bill Guarnere.Community
		Early on the morning of January 28, '45, a small detachment of volunteers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. Mucci, leader of the 6th RB, embarked from their base in the Philippines on the most audacious rescue operation ever undertaken.
		Mucci the CO of the 6th RB, coming out later this year.
		The movie "The Great Raid" was trailered during the 4th of July TNT showing of SPR.Set in the Philipines in '45, the men of the 6th Ranger Battalion are going on a daring,deadly raid into behind enemy lines to rescue 500 POWs from the notorious Cabanatuan Japanese POW camp.
	forums.wildbillguarnere.com /index.php?act=ST&f=33&t=8547 (2090 words)

	Bella Vista Press presents Bataan: A Survivor's Memoir; James H. Cowan
		Henry Mucci’s 6th Rangers, the biggest and best military rescue mission EVER.
		My Dad, James H. “Hank” Cowan, who often referred to himself as a good ole’ boy from Arkansas, his birth place and a state he dearly loved, was one of the 511 POW’s rescued by Lt. Col.
		Combat photographers went along to film the rescue of the Ghosts of Bataan.
	www.battleofbataan.com (153 words)

	BLATHER REVIEW: Unseen Movies Archives
		Colonel Henry A. Mucci is a native of my hometown; Bridgeport, Connecticut.
		In fact, up until about a week ago I had no idea who Henry Mucci was.
		Although I wondered, I never asked him who Col. Henry Mucci was.
	blatherreview.mu.nu /archives/cat_unseen_movies.html (606 words)

	0,13190,081505_Great_Raid,00.html
		The elite 6th Rangers under the command of the charismatic LTC Henry Mucci -- played here by Benjamin Bratt (best known for his role on Law and Order) -- was charged with moving thirty miles behind enemy lines, assaulting the camp, and bringing the prisoners safely back to friendly lines.
		Bratt plays Mucci, who was so effervescent and theatrical that his men affectionately nicknamed him "Ham," as brooding and aloof.
		(Given the abundant information available on Mucci, it is puzzling how Bratt could be so far off in his portrayal.) Mucci picks Capt. Robert Prince (James Franco) to plan the raid and lead the assault.
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,081505_Great_Raid,00.html (730 words)

	Joe McKeever: The Most Loved People In This Country?
		I had not read a dozen pages when something not in the movie jumped out at me. The leader of the raid, Colonel Henry Mucci assembled C Company, his Rangers who had been trained for just such a mission.
		Mucci told them the nature of this raid, stressing the risks and the hardships.
		I will tell you honestly that when I read Colonel Mucci's quote from "Ghost Soldiers," I started reflecting on writing about atheism.
	www.joemckeever.com /mt/archives/000144.html (1675 words)

	Hail to KU: Project to fete university's past online, on walls
		Kansas Unions director David Mucci and Henry Fortunato, project director/editor-in-chief, plan a fall unveiling.
		Henry Fortunato, who is seeking a graduate degree in history at KU after a 20-year career in magazine journalism and marketing communications, is the project’s director and editor-in-chief.
		David Mucci, director of the KU Memorial Unions, is responsible for overall supervision.
	www.oread.ku.edu /Oread02/Feb1/history.html (627 words)

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