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Employee Publication Release # 25-30637-100<div><br></div><div>"<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">The </span><b style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">Raid at Cabanatuan</b><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">, also known as </span><b style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">The Great Raid</b><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">, was a rescue of </span>&lt;a href="<a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II</a>" title="Allies of World War II" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none;" rel="nofollow"&gt;Allied&lt;/a&gt;<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians from a Japanese camp near </span>&lt;a href="<a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabanatuan_City">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabanatuan_City</a>" title="Cabanatuan City" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none;" rel="nofollow"&gt;Cabanatuan City&lt;/a&gt;<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">, in the </span>&lt;a href="<a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines</a>" title="Philippines" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none;" rel="nofollow"&gt;Philippines&lt;/a&gt;<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">. On January 30, 1945, during World War II, </span>&lt;a href="<a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Rangers">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Rangers</a>" title="United States Army Rangers" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none;" rel="nofollow"&gt;United States Army Rangers&lt;/a&gt;<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">, </span>&lt;a href="<a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Scouts">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Scouts</a>" title="Alamo Scouts" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none;" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alamo Scouts&lt;/a&gt;<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">, and </span>&lt;a href="<a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_people">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_people</a>" title="Filipino people" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none;" rel="nofollow"&gt;Filipino&lt;/a&gt;<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> </span>&lt;a href="<a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare</a>" title="Guerrilla warfare" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none;" rel="nofollow"&gt;guerrillas&lt;/a&gt;<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> liberated more than 500 from the </span>&lt;a href="<a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POW_camp">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POW_camp</a>" title="POW camp" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none;" rel="nofollow"&gt;POW camp&lt;/a&gt;<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">." from </span><font color="#252525" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"><a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_at_Cabanatuan">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_at_Cabanatuan</a></span></font></div>
<br>Subjects: Prisoners of War; POWs; World War II; Philippines; prison camps; World War 2</div>
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U.S. War Department. Industrial Services Division, Bureau of Public Relations</div>
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