WW II Nurses Turned Prisoners of War | A Taste of Freedom | 4
Against The Odds
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4.7 • 7.9K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Conditions at the Los Baños camp are deteriorating. More and more prisoners have been transferred there, leading to overcrowding, and rations have been cut to under 1,000 calories per day. Prisoners are resorting to desperate acts to survive as they’re pushed to the physical and psychological brink. The nurses are also malnourished and struggling to care for their fellow prisoners. But the tide of the war has finally turned and an ambitious U.S. Army paratrooper named Henry Muller is developing a plan to liberate the camp. But first Muller has to get buy-in from his superiors for his risky plan. And if he doesn’t act fast, it may be too late to save anyone.
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| 0:00.0 | Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Against the Odds ad-free right now. |
| 0:05.3 | Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app. |
| 0:08.4 | A listener note, Against the Odds uses dramatizations that are based on true events. |
| 0:14.2 | Some elements, including dialogue, may be invented, but everything is based on research. |
| 0:20.2 | This episode contains depictions of violence against animals, |
| 0:23.6 | and may not be suitable for everyone. |
| 0:30.6 | Army Major Henry Muller strides into a cramped interrogation room, careful not to spill the mug of tea he's carrying. |
| 0:41.3 | The room is chilly and goosebumps for him on his skin, but he ignores the discomfort. |
| 0:47.3 | He sizes up the Japanese soldier sitting at a metal table. |
| 0:51.3 | His prisoner of war uniform is torn, his face bruised. |
| 0:56.4 | His eyes dart nervously toward Mueller, then at the other American in the room, a Japanese |
| 1:02.1 | interpreter. |
| 1:03.9 | Mueller places the mug on the table and sets his bag down. |
| 1:07.9 | Then he and the interpreter both pull out chairs and sit. Muller gestures toward the mug. |
| 1:15.1 | It's awfully cold in here. I brought you some tea. Then I hope we can chat. After the interpreter |
| 1:20.9 | relays the message, the prisoner looks suspiciously at the tea. Mueller takes a sip himself to show it's not drugged. |
| 1:28.3 | The soldier hesitates, but picks it up and drinks. |
| 1:33.3 | It's a good sign for Mueller. |
| 1:35.3 | He's building trust. |
| 1:37.3 | It's August 1944 at the Allied Forces |
| 1:41.3 | Southwest Pacific Area headquarters in Brisbane, Australia. |
| 1:46.0 | Mueller trained as a paratrooper, then became his unit's intelligence officer. |
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