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	Cabanatuan
		Lat 15° 28' 60N Long 120° 58' 0E Cabanatuan in Tagalog means "Sack of Happiness" in reference to the fertile rice fields and plentiful harvests.
		Cabanatuan was occupied by the Japanese on December 29, 1941.
		The forces assembled at Dagupan the proceeded to Calasio and Gimbu, before marching by foot to Cabanatuan, to begin the raid on the night of the January 30, 1945.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/philippines_cabanatuan.html (450 words)

	1945: GREAT RAID ON CABANATUAN PRISON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Philippine scouts reported that the POWs were in the Cabanatuan camp and that the Japanese intended to move them or even murder them as the American Army approached.
		Their mission was to infiltrate about 30 miles behind enemy lines, assault the Cabanatuan POW Camp, liberate the prisoners and return them safely to U.S. lines before the Japanese could mount a counterattack.
		Cabanatuan was the last major combat operation for the 6th Ranger Battalion in World War II.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_stories_1945cabanatuan.php (1624 words)

	Diocese of Cabanatuan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The land area covered by the diocese is 2,743.5 square kilometers, and its Catholic population of 733,797 is 82 per cent of total.
		As an offshoot of the Plenary Council of the Philippines in 1991, the Diocese of Cabanatuan began preparations for a diocesan assembly.
		The Second Diocesan Pastoral Assembly of the Diocese of Cabanatuan was held in Baguio City in May and June 1994, with the aid of the Southeast Asian Interdisciplinary Institute (SAIDI).
	www.cbcponline.org /jurisdictions/cabanatuan.html (675 words)

	Cabantuan
		The rescue of 511 American and Allied prisoners from a Japanese POW compound near Cabanatuan in the Philippines by elements of the 6th Ranger Battalion, reinforced by Alamo Scouts and Filipino guerrillas, was the most complex operation that Rangers conducted during World War II.
		The guerrillas instructed the civilians north of the Cabanatuan CityCabu highway to remain in the area but to detain outsiders who might enter it until after the prisoners were freed.
		They determined that the stockade was on the south side of the Cabanatuan CityCabu highway, measured 600 by 800 yards, and was enclosed by three barbed wire fences about four feet apart and six to eight feet high.
	www.4point2.org /cabanatuan.htm (6172 words)

	Rangers: selected combat operations in WW II
		While the approach of a conventional battlefront may lead local civilians to flee, thus permitting operations to be conducted in a population vacuum, such is unlikely to be the case in an operation conducted deep behind enemy lines or in a low-intensity conflict where front lines do not exist.
		The action at Cabanatuan, in which Rangers liberated American and Allied prisoners from a Japanese POW compound in a populated area behind enemy lines, was one such case.
		The guerrillas instructed the civilians north of the Cabanatuan City-Cabu highway to remain in the area but to detain outsiders who might enter it until after the prisoners were freed.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/King/King.asp (21042 words)

	Part1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Cabanatuan was located at the terminus of the' Manila railroad at the Sierra Madre Mountain range.
		Cabanatuan prison was a giant detention complex six miles east of the city of Cabanatuan.
		They were moved to the town of Cabanatuan, then taken out and marched about four miles to the POW camp.
	home.comcast.net /~rgrokett/POW/POW14.htm (521 words)

	Great Raid on Cabanatuan depicts Warrior Ethos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The 1945 raid by the U.S. Army’s 6th Ranger Battalion to rescue Americans held at the Japanese POW camp near Cabanatuan in the Philippines is the subject of “The Great Raid,” a movie opening nationally Aug. 12.
		The more than 500 Americans inside the barbed wire of the Cabanatuan POW camp in early 1945 were survivors from America’s darkest days, the fall of the Philippines in 1942.
		The Cabanatuan raid rescuers and rescued may not have been able to recite the Warrior Ethos of today’s Army, but they lived it.
	www4.army.mil /ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=7723 (2051 words)

	Raid at Cabanatuan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Raid on Cabanatuan in the Philippines on 30 January 1945 by US Army Rangers and Filipino guerrillas resulted in the liberation of more than 500 prisoners of war (POWs) from a Japanese POW camp near Cabanatuan and was a celebrated, historic achievement involving Allied special forces during World War II.
		By 26 January, with Sixth Army forward units nearing Cabanatuan, Gen. Krueger became increasingly concerned of the situation at the camp, and with his intelligence officer, Col. Horton White, called in the special reconnaissance unit attached to his Sixth Army - the Alamo Scouts - for a briefing.
		This feat was celebrated by MacArthur's soldiers, Allied correspondents, and the American public, for the raid had touched an emotional chord among Americans concerned about the fate of the defenders of Bataan and Corregidor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raid_at_Cabanatuan (2424 words)

	Nueva Ecija Journal
		Vergara could not understand why LACTO's Cabanatuan MRF could not secure an ECC when two similar facilities operated by the same company in Malolos and Pulilan, Bulacan were able to get the necessary clearances.
		The Divina Pastora is the patron saint of Nueva Ecija and the Diocese of Cabanatuan.
		Ferdinand Vero, chief of the CIDG 3rd Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit, said it was their biggest accomplishment this year in the campaign against hijacking and robbery-hold up gangs preying on cargo trucks in Nueva Ecija.
	www2.mozcom.com /~ecijano/04302006.html (2002 words)

	Rescue at Cabanatuan
		W.J. Rayment / -- There could not be a more perfect story than the rescue of the POWs interned in the Japanese prisoner of war camp in Cabanatuan, Philippines in January of 1945.
		So, they were in a hurry to liberate Cabanatuan before the Japanese felt threatened enough to destroy the prisoners remaining in the camp.
		Meanwhile, Joson guarded the road to Cabanatuan City with 80 men and Pajota and two hundred men faced the other direction and successfully fought a horrific battle with over 1000 Japanese troops.
	www.conservativemonitor.com /books03/46.shtml (455 words)

	About (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Second Vatican Council placed seminary as the “heart of the diocese” that is to be closely connected with the whole life of the local Church.
		Since the development of a vocation is the very goal of every seminary, MAS places its thrust to develop vocations to the priesthood for the Diocese of Cabanatuan, in particular, and for other diocese in general.
		D.D. who was then the Coadjutor Bishop of Cabanatuan, succeeded the Most Rev. Tumbocon, D.D. and became the fourth Bishop of the Diocese.
	m-a-s.org /about.htm (761 words)

	Bataan - Beginning to End quiz -- free game
		The largest prison camp, once the prisoners were subsequently moved became Cabanatuan because it was only 4 miles from a large city.
		Medicine was almost non-existent in Cabanatuan and men died by the thousands of easily treatable diseases.
		A group of men stationed in the nearest barrio (town) to Cabanatuan scouted the camp for intelligence vital to the rescue mission.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=77536 (583 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| REGIONS > Unsolved murders haunt Cabanatuan authorities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		CABANATUAN CITY: The chief of police of this city is in hot water for the rash of unsolved killings, the latest being the gunning down early Sunday evening of a contractor inside a local mall by a lone assailant.
		Santos was the third victim in Cabanatuan in three months.
		Last week, the businesswoman Gina Batisan was also shot to death by two men, riding a motorcycle, while alighting from her vehicle in front of her house in Barangay Aduas Centro.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/aug/10/yehey/prov/20050810pro2.html (484 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Great Raid on Cabanatuan: Rescuing the Doomed Ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor: Books: William B. Breuer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Their objective: Penetrate thirty miles behind enemy lines and liberate 511 POWs from Cabanatuan, the notorious Japanese POW camp where thousands of American prisoners had been brutally tortured and killed.
		Written by acclaimed military historian William B. Breuer, The Great Raid on Cabanatuan is a riveting account of that rescue mission and the gallant soldiers who carried it out against overwhelming odds.
		In sketching out the many roads that led to Cabanatuan, Breuer brilliantly combines oral history with dramatic narrative to bring to life some of the most spectacular events of the war in the Pacific.
	www.amazon.ca /Great-Raid-Cabanatuan-Rescuing-Corregidor/dp/0471037427 (1138 words)

	Cabanatuan, Report of the Provost Marshall General
		The Corregidor men were encampted in a schoolyard in Cabanatuan City the prior night.
		Analysis of these data readily demonstrates the reason for the high death rate of these two camps and explains the reasons for the tremendous number of cases of dietary deficiency diseases..
		At Cabanatuan, a commissary was available for those who had money.
	www.mansell.com /pow_resources/camplists/other/cabanatuan_1.html (1019 words)

	Cabanatuan News
		Local news for Cabanatuan continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
		CABANATUAN CITY: The government is pursuing a string of criminal charges ranging from multiple murder to rebellion against a top-ranking communist guerrilla captured by the Nueva Ecija police on Monday.
		Wednesday, October 11, 2006 It's back to work at Silay airport By Erwin Ambo S. Delilan TWO days after the Sunday attack on the New Bacolod Airport in Barangay Bagtic, Silay City, workers went back to their...
	www.topix.net /ph/cabanatuan (707 words)

	Abebooks Search Results - Cabanatuan
		Today, the raid on Cabanatuan remains the largest and most successful operation of its kind ever undertaken by the US army.
		A mission of mercy, the raid was of immense symbolic importance for the USA in its fight against the Japanese.
		Illustrated with two center sections of fl and white photographs and a map of the Route of the Death March and a map of the Ranger Raid on Cabanatuan.
	www.abebooks.co.uk /search/sortby/3/kn/Cabanatuan (2471 words)

	Houses / homes for sale or for rent in Cabanatuan - Vacation Rental (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		If you are considering buying real estate in Cabanatuan, or anywhere else for that matter, the most widely used method of borrowing the funds to make the purchase is a mortgage.
		When renting a home in Cabanatuan you are usually limited to the changes/improvements you can make.
		In many cases vacation rentals in Cabanatuan are offered by the owners of the property but in some instances real estate agents offer vacation rentals in Cabanatuan.
	www.propertyworld.com /_Philippines_Cabanatuan (831 words)

	USARPAC News - Philippines WWII 60th Anniversary commemoration
		U.S. Army Rangers from the 25th Infantry Division, Hawaii, march the colors during the 60th Anniversary of the Cabanatuan Raid Memorial Ceremony Jan. 30 in the Phillipines.
		Such men were honored in the Commemorating 60th Anniversary of the Cabanatuan Raid held Jan. 30 at the American Battle Monuments Commission Cabanatuan Memorial in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
		Karl Eikenberry and a detachment of Filipino Rangers, were the 296th U.S. Army Japan Band and a detachment of U.S. Army Rangers from USARJ and the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii, who traveled to the Philippines in order to participate in the ceremony.
	www.usarpac.army.mil /news/releases_2005/cabanatuan-wwii60th.asp (903 words)

	Guimba
		At daybreak January 26, 1945, advance reconnaissance units of the US Army 6th Infantry Division liberated Guimba and, within hours, established outposts nine miles farther to the east along the Licab River and La Paz.
		During the raid to liberate the POW Camp at Cabanatuan, the Army relayed intelligence to Guimba, from which it would be relayed to the Ranger walkie-talkie SCR 694 radios.
		After the sucessful raid, the POWs and wounded were treated at the 92nd Evacuation Hospital established in Guimba.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/philippines_guimba.html (147 words)

	Wiley::The Great Raid on Cabanatuan: Rescuing the Doomed Ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor
		Early on the morning of January 28, 1945, a small detachment of volunteers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. Mucci, leader of the 6th Ranger Battalion, embarked from their base in the Philippines on the most audacious rescue operation ever undertaken.
		Based largely on interviews with the heroes who survived the operation, and featuring twenty-eight previously unpublished photographs—many of them taken while the raid was in progress—it brings to life in electrifying detail the dramatic events that took place on the night of the raid, January 30, and during the harrowing days that followed.
		And we learn of the American underground and guerilla operations in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation from the men and women behind them, including Margaret Utinsky, leader of "Miss U's underground," and Claire Phillips, the glamorous lounge singer turned spy- master.
	www.wiley.com /WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471037427.html (698 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| SPORTS > CSI bikefest rolls off in Cabanatuan today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		CENTRAL Luzon’s legion of cycling fans are expected to gather in Cabanatuan City Saturday to witness the second leg of the Cycling Search Invitational series firing off at the old Nueva Ecija provincial capital building.
		Mayor Jay Vergara of Cabanatuan City will fire the starting gun to signal the start of the criterium races sanctioned by the Philippine Cycling Federation and sponsored by Pagcor, TCL, Philpost, Partas and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office.
		The riders will be racing around a 2-kilometer course designed not only to test their skills but also their quick thinking in negotiating in and around the main thoroughfares of downtown Cabanatuan City.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/aug/27/yehey/sports/20050827spo8.html (317 words)

	The United Methodist City Temple - Cabanatuan City,Nueva Ecija
		BRIEF HISTORY OF METHODISM IN CABANATUAN The story of how Methodism arduously gains a foothold in the former town of Cabanatuan, now dubbed the biggest little city in the Philippines, is quite an interesting one.
		November, 1904 is a memorable period to the faithful of Cabanatuan because it was during this month and year that earnest evangelic work officially commenced in the town.
		Through its members composed of educators, lawyers, nurses, men in the public service, and other professionals and individuals and coupled with the presence of Wesleyan University-Philippines, the influence of Methodism in the City as well as in the province is keenly felt and cannot just be ignored.
	netministries.org /see/churches.exe/ch27138 (1741 words)

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		In all of the wars which America has fought, few of our citizens have been called upon to make the sacrifices and endure the hardships of those who were held captive.
		The American men, women and children who were incarcerated at Cabanatuan prisoner of war camp in the Philippine Islands during World War II suffered cruel and inhumane treatment, resulting in over three thousand deaths between May 1942 and February 1945.
		We should also remember the families of those prisoners who died at Cabanatuan, for the sorrow of their loss is a daily burden.
	www.reagan.utexas.edu /archives/speeches/1982/40982a.htm (234 words)

	Beauties, bigwigs in Cabanatuan - Jul. 23, 2004
		Because Megacenter the Mall in Nueva Ecija, reputed to be one of the largest and most complete malls in Central and Northern Luzon, was busy with action when it sponsored the 2004 Search for Bb.
		Cabanatuan, the most prestigious citywide search for the fairest and smartest young ladies of the Nueva Ecija City.
		They were absolutely pleased with the turnout of this smashingly successful event and promised to continue the tradition by sponsoring the beauty contest "as a way to thank and be of service to the locals of Cabanatuan City and the entire Nueva Ecija," said the attractive Denise Huibonhoa, palanggas.
	www.inq7.net /lif/2004/jul/23/lif_1-1.htm (457 words)

	Amazon.com: The Great Raid on Cabanatuan: Rescuing the Doomed Ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor: Books: William B. Breuer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		At Cabanatuan, aviation and irregulars were cobbled together at the last minute and achieved amazing success at small cost.
		Until the Cabanatuan mission, 6th Ranger Battalion served as guards at invasion force HQ and as a reserve.
		The Cabanatuan raid was a complex operation, but its execution was virtually flawless.
	www.amazon.com /Great-Raid-Cabanatuan-Rescuing-Corregidor/dp/0471037427 (2277 words)

	Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II’s Most Dramatic Mission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Long-forgotten in the annals of the Second World War, the story of the Cabanatuan mission has been dramatically retold in Ghost Soldiers, Hampton Sides’ riveting account of the Ranger raid and the men it rescued.
		From the captured sailors who insisted on sounding the watch chimes every half-hour, to the American doctors who manufactured fake VD treatment pills for the guards, Sides captures the resiliency of the American fighting man, even under the most hellish conditions.
		Phillips was actually the head of a large and effective espionage ring, gathering valuable intelligence and even smuggling food and medicine to the POWs at Cabanatuan.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/bookrev/sides.html (844 words)

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