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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.
On January 30, 1945, a group of U.S. Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts, and Filipino guerrillas set out on a daring nighttime raid on Cabanatuan POW camp in the Philippines. Led by Ranger Colonel Henry Mucci, they hoped to rescue over 500 American prisoners, including some held by the Japanese since the Bataan Death March.
The four POW rescue missions that Galen Kittleson participated in were the raid at Oransbari and the Cabanatuan Raid during World War II, and both the attempted rescue of U.S. Army Special Forces Captain James N. ‘Nick’ Rowe, and the Son Tay Raid during the Vietnam War.
Jun 11, 2024 · The Raid at Cabanatuan, also known as the Great Raid, holds a reputation for being one of the most daring and successful rescue missions in American military history. This daring raid was conducted by U.S. Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts, and Filipino guerrillas during World War II.
Jan 15, 2022 · The Cabanatuan Raid is the largest rescue in American history. by Stavros Atlamazoglou. Here's What You Need to Know: At exactly 1945, the raid begins. Pacific theater, late 1944. Allied...
The Raid at Cabanatuan, also known as The Great Raid, was a rescue of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians from a Japanese prisoner of war camp near Cabanatuan City, in the Philippines. With the landing and advance of General Douglas MacArthur in late 1944, it was feared the Japanese would move the prisoners to Japan or kill ...
Jan 30, 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.
Jan 29, 2015 · A raid led by U. S. Army Rangers to rescue American prisoners of war in the Cabanatuan prison camp in the Philippines before the advance of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s forces caused the Japanese to...
Bataan Rescue | Article. bataan-Juan Pajota and Filipino Contributions to the Raid. National Archives. While Robert Prince was the brains and Henry Mucci the sheer force behind the Cabanatuan...
Jun 24, 2020 · He proposed an immediate raid to free the prisoners at Cabanatuan. Best estimates of enemy strength at the time put about 300 Japanese guards in the camp, another 1,000 troops on the Cabu River – only a few hundred yards distant – and as many as 5,000 Japanese in Cabanatuan City, a few miles away.
