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Camp #1 sat approximately nine kilometers east of the city of Cabanatuan. Situated six kilometers further east of Camp #1, Camp #2 only briefly held prisoners before they were transferred to Camp #1 due to the lack of available water.
The Raid at Cabanatuan (Filipino: Pagsalakay sa Cabanatuan), also known as the Great Raid (Filipino: Ang Dakilang Pagsalakay), was a rescue of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians from a Japanese camp near Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
Organization: Camp #1 was divided into three (3) groups of approximately 1500 men each. Each group had its own kitchen, administrative group and dispensary. A central camp administration and field medical; supply headquarters were in charge of the whole camp.
The Son Tay Raid was an attempt in November 1970 to rescue American POWs held at a rural camp in North Vietnam. Based on his historical research, Doctor Cataldo developed a profile to brief the raiders on what to expect when they encountered POWs in the camp.
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18 mar 2019 · The largest concentration of American prisoners of war in the Far East in World War II, Cabanatuan comprised three camps near Cabu village, five to 15 miles (24km) northeast of Cabanatuan City in south central Luzon, Philippine Islands.
The Cabanatuan American Memorial was erected by the survivors of the Bataan Death March and the prisoner of war camp at Cabanatuan in the Philippines during World War II. It is located at the site of the camp and honors those Americans and Filipinos who died during their internment.
30 sty 2021 · On Jan. 30, 1945, 134 U.S. Army Rangers and Alamo Scouts, working with around 280 Filipino guerilla fighters, successfully executed a raid of a Japanese prisoner of war (POW) camp near Cabanatuan City, Philippines, freeing more than 500 allied prisoners.