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{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict=Raid at Cabanatuan
|image=[[File:POWs celebrate.jpg|300px|alt=A couple hundred men are all facing the camera, smiling and cheering. Many have their hands raised. The men are wearing uniforms, t-shirts, and shorts. Huts and trees can be seen in the background.]]
|caption=Former Cabanatuan POWs in celebration, January&nbsp;30, 1945
|partof=World War II, [[Pacific War|Pacific theater]]
(contracted; show full)

The Rangers were armed with assorted [[Thompson submachine gun]]s, [[M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle|BARs]], [[M1 Garand|M1 Garand rifles]], pistols, grenades, knives, extra ammunition, as well as a few [[bazooka]]s.<ref name="Breuer 158"/><ref name="Sides 73">{{harvnb|Sides|2001|p=73}}</ref> Four&nbsp;combat photographers from 
a unit of the 832nd Signal Service Battalion volunteered to accompany the Scouts and Rangers to record the rescue after Mucci suggested the idea of documenting the raid.<ref name="Sides 645">{{harvnb|Sides|2001|p=64–65}}</ref> Each photographer was armed with a pistol.<ref name="Breuer 157">{{harvnb|Breuer|1994|p=157}}</ref> Despite Geneva Convention restrictions on armed medical personnel, surgeon Captain Jimmy Fisher and his medics each carried pistols and carbines.<ref name="Breuer 158"/>&(contracted; show full) planned response was for everyone to immediately stand up and rush the camp.<ref name="Sides 226">{{harvnb|Sides|2001|p=226}}</ref><ref name="Shoot3533">{{Cite episode|title=WWII: Raid on the Bataan Death Camp|series=Shootout!|serieslink=Shootout!|network=[[History (TV channel)|History Channel]]|airdate=December&nbsp;1, 2006|season=2|number=5|minutes=35:33}}</ref> The Rangers were unaware that the Japanese did not have any searchlights that could be used to 
patrolilluminate the perimeter.<ref name="Rottman 27">{{harvnb|Rottman|2009|p=27}}</ref> Pajota suggested that to distract the guards, an [[United States Army Air Forces]] (USAAF) airplane should buzz the camp to divert the guards' eyes to the sky. Mucci agreed with the idea and a radio request was sent to command to ask for a plane to fly over the camp while the men made their way across the field.<ref name="Sides 17980">{{harvnb|Sides|2001|p=179–180}}</ref> In preparation (contracted; show full)[[Category:Battles of World War II involving Japan]]
[[Category:Battles of World War II involving the United States]]

[[es:El gran rescate]]
[[fr:Raid de Cabanatuan]]
[[ru:Рейд на Кабанатуан]]
[[vi:Cuộc đột kích Cabanatuan]]
[[zh:卡巴那图营救]]