Cabanatuan POW camp
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Cabanatuan POW camp was a World War II Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines notorious for its harsh conditions and later famous as the site of a dramatic U.S. Army Ranger rescue mission.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cabanatuan POW camp canonical | 2 |
| Cabanatuan prisoner-of-war camp | 2 |
| Pangatian POW camp | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Cabanatuan POW camp Context triple: [The Great Raid, narrativeLocation, Cabanatuan POW camp]
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Bilibid Prison
Bilibid Prison is a notorious high-security penitentiary complex in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines, historically used to incarcerate prominent prisoners including war criminals.
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B.
Boven Digoel
Boven Digoel was a remote Dutch colonial prison camp in Papua, Indonesia, notorious as a place of exile for Indonesian nationalist leaders and political prisoners.
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C.
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was a brutal forced transfer of tens of thousands of American and Filipino prisoners of war by the Japanese army in 1942, marked by extreme abuse, starvation, and high mortality.
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D.
Weihsien Internment Camp
Weihsien Internment Camp was a World War II Japanese civilian internment camp in Weihsien, China, where numerous foreign nationals, including Scottish Olympic champion Eric Liddell, were imprisoned.
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E.
Bagac, Bataan
Bagac, Bataan is a coastal municipality in the Philippines historically known as one of the starting points of the Bataan Death March during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cabanatuan POW camp Target entity description: Cabanatuan POW camp was a World War II Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines notorious for its harsh conditions and later famous as the site of a dramatic U.S. Army Ranger rescue mission.
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A.
Bilibid Prison
Bilibid Prison is a notorious high-security penitentiary complex in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines, historically used to incarcerate prominent prisoners including war criminals.
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B.
Boven Digoel
Boven Digoel was a remote Dutch colonial prison camp in Papua, Indonesia, notorious as a place of exile for Indonesian nationalist leaders and political prisoners.
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C.
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was a brutal forced transfer of tens of thousands of American and Filipino prisoners of war by the Japanese army in 1942, marked by extreme abuse, starvation, and high mortality.
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D.
Weihsien Internment Camp
Weihsien Internment Camp was a World War II Japanese civilian internment camp in Weihsien, China, where numerous foreign nationals, including Scottish Olympic champion Eric Liddell, were imprisoned.
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E.
Bagac, Bataan
Bagac, Bataan is a coastal municipality in the Philippines historically known as one of the starting points of the Bataan Death March during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II site
ⓘ
prisoner-of-war camp ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Camp O'Donnell
ⓘ
surface form:
Camp Pangatian
Cabanatuan POW camp ⓘ
surface form:
Pangatian POW camp
|
| associatedWithEvent |
Bataan Death March
ⓘ
Philippines campaign (1941–1942) ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of the Philippines (1941–1942)
|
| closureReason | liberation by Allied forces ⓘ |
| commemorates | Allied prisoners of war ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| currentUse | memorial site ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1942 ⓘ |
| dateOfLiberation | 1945-01-30 ⓘ |
| establishedAfter |
Battle of Bataan
ⓘ
surface form:
Fall of Bataan
Fall of Corregidor ⓘ |
| governedBy | Japanese military authorities during World War II ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | war memorial site (local/national recognition) ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | Pangatian Memorial ⓘ |
| heldPrisonersFrom |
Netherlands
ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| knownFor |
disease outbreaks
ⓘ
forced labor ⓘ malnutrition of prisoners ⓘ summary executions ⓘ |
| liberatedBy |
Alamo Scouts
ⓘ
Filipino guerrillas ⓘ United States Army Rangers ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army Rangers
|
| locatedIn |
Cabanatuan City
ⓘ
surface form:
Cabanatuan
Nueva Ecija ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Luzon ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Raid at Cabanatuan
ⓘ
harsh conditions ⓘ high death rate among prisoners ⓘ |
| numberOfPrisonersRescued | over 500 ⓘ |
| numberOfSubcamps | 3 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| partOf | Japanese occupation of the Philippines ⓘ |
| primaryCampFor | survivors of the Bataan Death March ⓘ |
| siteOf | Raid at Cabanatuan ⓘ |
| status | closed ⓘ |
| subcamp |
Camp 1
ⓘ
Camp 2 ⓘ Camp 3 ⓘ |
| usedFor | detention of Allied prisoners of war ⓘ |
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Subject: Cabanatuan POW camp Description of subject: Cabanatuan POW camp was a World War II Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines notorious for its harsh conditions and later famous as the site of a dramatic U.S. Army Ranger rescue mission.
Referenced by (5)
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