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Raid of Cabanatuan... Japanese brutality told...
Raid of Cabanatuan... Japanese brutality told...
Item # 716357
May 13, 1945
THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 13, 1945
* Japanese brutality - horrors
* Post Bataan Death March
* Raid at Cabanatuan prison camp
Page 4 has a two column heading: "Marine Tells of Seeing Friends Beheaded in Japanese War Camp" with subhead and related photo. (see images) Eyewitness account of Japanese brutality and the Raid at Cabanatuan which freed many POWs. See images for text here.
Complete with all sections (80+ pages), rag edition in great condition.
AI notes: The 1945 Raid at Cabanatuan, also known as the Cabanatuan Prison Camp Raid, was a daring World War II rescue mission carried out by U.S. Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts, and Filipino guerrillas. The objective was to free over 500 Allied prisoners of war (mostly American survivors of the Bataan Death March) held by the Japanese at the Cabanatuan POW camp in the Philippines. With the Japanese retreating under pressure from advancing American forces, there were fears the POWs would be executed. The rescuers launched a nighttime assault behind enemy lines, killing around 500 Japanese troops and safely evacuating the prisoners with minimal American casualties. The operation is celebrated as one of the most successful and heroic rescue missions in U.S. military history.
Category: The 20th Century
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