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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.
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.
2 maj 2020 · There were 3 POW camps near Cabanatuan City — Camp #1 (about 5.5 miles east of Cabanatuan City), Camp #2 (9.5 miles east of the city), and Camp #3 (14 miles east of the city). Bataan Death March survivors and many Corregidor POWs arrived at Camp #3 in late May 1942.
Camp No. 1 was approximately four miles to the east of Cabanatuan City. Camp No. 2 was four miles past Camp 1 in the same direction and Camp No. 3 was six miles past No. 2. A small dirt road connected the two camps at No. 2 and No. 3.
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 combined Scout/guerrilla teams located the guard barracks, POW buildings, guard towers and bunkers, and transient troops housing. They discovered a shed with four light tanks and marked its location. The Cabanatuan-Cabu City road (Highway 5) ran directly across the northern edge of the POW camp.33
The Cabanatuan American Memorial is a World War II memorial located in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija in the Philippines. It is located on the site of what was once Camp Pangatian, a military training camp which operated for twenty years until it was converted into an internment camp for Allied prisoners of war during the Japanese occupation .
