The Great Raid: How the 6th Rangers, Alamo Scouts, and Filipino Guerrillas Pulled Off WWII’s Boldest POW Rescue
This entry is part 6 of 13 in the series Rangers Through the FireDate & place: January 30, 1945, Pangatian POW camp near Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Why this raid had to happen In late 1944, as U.S. forces returned to Luzon, intelligence and survivor reports warned that the Japanese were killing prisoners rather than letting them be liberated, the Palawan massacre on …
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