The Cabanatuan Raid would not have been possible without the invaluable support of Filipino guerrillas, whose local knowledge and determination were crucial to the mission’s success.

In the Cabanatuan Raid, the American commandos rescued 489 prisoners of war and 33 civilians, while suffering four Americans killed in action (two commandos and two prisoners) and four wounded.

The Cabanatuan Raid is the largest rescue in American history. In the following three weeks, American commandos conduct two similar operations, in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp and Los Banos, ...

The first was the raid on the Cabanatuan prison camp. A group of more than 100 Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts and Filipino guerrillas traveled 30 miles behind Japanese lines to reach the camp. Along ...

The nearby town of Cabanatuan was a transit hub with up to 8,000 Japanese troops. Surprise was key. Yet the biggest obstacle was 300 yards of open ground through a dry, stubbled rice paddy.

The raid took place at Cabanatuan prison camp, located about 65 miles north of Manila. Most of the POWs in the camp were survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March, ...

The Raid on Cabanatuan, comprised of the 6th Ranger Battalion, commanded by Lt. Col. Henry A. Mucci, Sixth U.S. Army, Alamo Scouts, and various guerrilla units, is considered today to be one of ...

There is no doubt that the raid at Cabanatuan owes much of its success and a great deal of its color to Pajota's brilliance, as well as to the loyalty of the Filipino villagers and the bravery of ...

It was here where the Raid at Cabanatuan occurred, the subject of the 2005 John Dahl movie and briefly depicted in John Wayne’s 1945 “Back to Bataan. ...

The first was the raid on the Cabanatuan prison camp. A group of more than 100 Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts and Filipino guerrillas traveled 30 miles behind Japanese lines to reach the camp. Along ...