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.

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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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The Great Raid narrativeLocation Cabanatuan POW camp
Cabanatuan POW camp alsoKnownAs Cabanatuan POW camp
this entity surface form: Pangatian POW camp
Raid at Cabanatuan target Cabanatuan POW camp
this entity surface form: Cabanatuan prisoner-of-war camp
Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines historicalEventSite Cabanatuan POW camp
this entity surface form: Cabanatuan prisoner-of-war camp