Raid at Cabanatuan

Raid at Cabanatuan

The Raid at Cabanatuan, also known as The Great Raid, was a rescue of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians from a Japanese camp near Cabanatuan City, in the Philippines. On January 30, 1945, during World War II, United States Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts, and Filipino guerrillas liberated more than 500 from the POW camp.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid at Cabanatuan
• Sides, H., 2001, Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of the World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission: First Anchor Books, New York, 344p.