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30 Jan. 1945: About 130 U.S. Rangers & 250 Filipino guerrillas liberated 500 prisoners from the Japanese POW camp at Cabanatuan on Luzon.
For details, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_at_Cabanatuan
ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Members of the 6th Ranger Bn. blast their way into the Japanese POW camp at Cabanatuan on Luzon. (2) Rangers and Filipino guerrillas use carabao carts to evacuate POWs after a raid on the Cabanatuan camp as P-51Ds roar overhead. (3) A former POW's drawing of a prisoner giving another one a drink of water in the Cabanatuan camp on Luzon.
For details, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_at_Cabanatuan
ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Members of the 6th Ranger Bn. blast their way into the Japanese POW camp at Cabanatuan on Luzon. (2) Rangers and Filipino guerrillas use carabao carts to evacuate POWs after a raid on the Cabanatuan camp as P-51Ds roar overhead. (3) A former POW's drawing of a prisoner giving another one a drink of water in the Cabanatuan camp on Luzon.
WWII World War Two
Philippines
Ranger
POW/MIA
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The only successful rescue raid of American POWs ever.
The movie with Benjamin Bratt was pretty good too.
The movie with Benjamin Bratt was pretty good too.
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
There was another one at Los Baños by the 11th Abn. Div. I'll share it on that day. . . .
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Amazing piece of WW2 U.S. military history! Murphy's Law, happily, wasn't a factor and the surviving POW's were mostly spared the horrific plans of the Japs.
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