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Cabanatuan

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Ca·ba·na·tuan  (käb-n-twän, -bä-nä-)
A city of central Luzon, Philippines, north of Manila. It was the site of a World War II Japanese prison camp for American and Filipino soldiers captured at Bataan and Corregidor. Population: 220,000.


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18) Ultimately, even the Japanese recognized the potential backlash resulting from Camp O'Donnell and moved the prisoners to Cabanatuan in June 1942, where many more would die before the Rangers executed a successful raid on the camp.
Prisoner of war camps: lack of a revolution by Caci, Jennifer; Cline, Joanne M. / U.S. Army Medical Department Journal
LaCoste spent time under brutal circumstances in Camps O'Donnell and Cabanatuan before being transported by one of what were known as "Hell Ships" to Japan.
Bataan survivor held no grudges; Death March veteran will be ... by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
After doing research, I found that Bilibid prisoners were marched through the streets of Manila to Cabanatuan Prison Camp, which is the camp liberated in the movie.
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
 
 
 
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