Cabanatuan American Memorial | Memorare (Pangatian Concentration Camp)Cabanatuan American Memorial | Memorare (Pangatian Concentration Camp) is a Registered Property, Province of Nueva Ecija located at Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Region III.
At the height of World War II, the Novo Ecijanos again joined forces to regain the sovereignty of the Filipinos from the Japanese forces. On January 30, 1945, Capt. Eduardo L. Joson and Capt. Juan Pajota with their respective guerilla units, collaborated with the US 6th Ranger Battalion and the Alamo Scouts to rescue the remaining 516 survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March who were incarcerated at the Pangatian Concentration Camp in Cabanatuan City. This historic event is considered today as the most successful rescue operation of its type in the annals of US military history.
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MEMORARE
SA POOK NA ITO, NOONG GABI NG 30 ENERO 1945, MATAGUMPAY NA HINADLANGAN NG MGA GERILYANG FILIPINO, SA PAMUMUNO NINA KAPITAN JUAN PAJOTA AT EDUARDO JOSON, ANG PAGDATING NG MGA KAWAL AT KAGAMITAN SA PANGATIAN CONCENTRATION CAMP SA CABANATUAN. NAGBUNGA ANG LABANAN SA TULAY CABU AT PAGBABARIKADA SA BANGAD SA PAGPAPALAYA NG 516 BIHAG NG DIGMAAN. PINAMUNUAN ANG MAGKASANIB NA OPERASYON NG MGA GERILYA, MGA ALAMO SCOUTS AT NG 6TH RANGER BATTALION NG ESTADOS UNIDOS NI TENYENTE KORONAL HENRY MUCCI. ITINUTURING ITO NA ISA SA PINAKAMATAGUMPAY NA MISYON NG PAGLILIGTAS SA KASAYSAYANG MILITAR NG ESTADOS UNIDOS.
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MEMORARE
ON THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 30, 1945, FILIPINO GUERRILAS UNDER CAPTAINS JUAN PAJOTA AND EDUARDO JOSON EFFECTIVELY PREVENTED JAPANESE REINFORCEMENTS AT PANGATIAN CONCENTRATION CAMP IN CABANATUAN. THE BATTLE OF CABU BRIDGE AND THE BLOCKADE AT BANGAD RESULTED IN THE LIBERATION OF 516 ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR. THE JOINT OPERATION OF THE GUERRILAS. ALAMO BATTALION WAS UNDER LT. COL. HENRY MUCCI. THIS EVENT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE SUCCESSFUL RESCUE MISSIONS OF ITS TYPE IN THE ANNALS OF U.S. MILITARY HISTORY.