Cabanatuan Operation
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According to an essay published on Wikipedia online, in October of 1944 allied forces landed on Leyte, paving the way for the liberation of the Philippines. In December of 1944, as allied forces consolidated in preparation for an invasion of Luzon almost one-hundred fifty Americans prisoners of war were executed by the Japanese in a POW camp at the island of Palawan. One POW escaped and was able to tell U.S. Army intelligence about the massacre on January 7, 1945. News that the Japanese army was willing to commit mass murder on allied prisoners of war forced allied commanders in the Pacific to consider how they should ensure the safety of POWs as they island hopped across the Pacific toward the home island of Japan (Raid on Cabanatuan).As American troops landed on Luzon, approximately five hundred thirteen prisoners of war, mostly survivors of the Bataan death march, remained in a POW camp at Cabanatuan northeast of Manila. The allied forces faced the task of liberating the POWs before malnutrition and disease killed more of the prisoners. The real threat was that these POWs would be murdered by the Japanese before they could be freed by allied forces. In 1942, there had been 12,000 POWs in the camp but many of these men had died of malnutrition and maltreatment. Other POWs from the Cabanatuan camp had been transferred to smaller camps in the Philippines or shipped off to Japan to work as slave laborers on the docks or in the mines.
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ccompanied by several hundred Filipino guerrillas under the command of Captains Eduardo Joson and Juan Pajota. The guerrillas provided intelligence, carried out security along the route to and from the camp, and interfaced with the civilian population. The guerrillas would also play a critical role during the assault on the camp.
The 6th Ranger Battalion was introduced to combat in the Philippines where it successfully conducted several important operations. The battalion landed on the islands of Dinagat, Guiuan, and Homonhan on October 17, 1944, three days before the main American invasion and destroyed radio facilities and other Japanese positions guarding the entrance to Leyte Gulf. The rescue mission began on January 28, 1945 and soon linked up with Filippino guerillas commanded by Joson. By dark, the combined Ranger-guerilla force was inside enemy territory. Mucci delayed the raid for a day in order to gather additional intelligence and to allow a large force of Japanese transiting the area to move away from the camp. The delay also allowed the Rangers to gather detailed information on the camp and its defenders. The plan for the night-time assault on the compound gave the two guerilla forces the vital mission of stopping
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