Category: the Raid at Cabanatuan
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The Great Raid Occured Where 500 Allied POWs were Freed in the Philippines, January 30, 1945.
134 U.S. Army Rangers and Alamo Scouts, along with about 280 Filipino guerilla fighters, successfully raided a Japanese prisoner of war camp near Cabanatuan City, Philippines, extricating more than 500 Allied POWs. January 30, 1945. Image: Different routes were used for the infiltration and extraction behind Japanese lines during the Raid at Cabanatuan (Public Domain) On…