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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)that the guerrillas would secure the prisoners, escort them {{convert|50|mi|km|abbr=off}} to Debut Bay, and transport them using 30&nbsp;submarines. The plan was denied approval as MacArthur feared the Japanese would catch up with the fleeing prisoners and kill them all.<ref name="Alexander 231"/> In addition, the Navy did not have the required submarines, especially with MacArthur's upcoming invasion of Luzon.<ref name="Breuer 1201"/>

On January&nbsp;26, 1945,
 Major Lapham traveled from his location near the prison camp to [[Sixth United States Army|Sixth Army]] headquarters, {{convert|30|mi|km|abbr=off}} away.<ref name="Breuer 1489">{{harvnb|Breuer|1994|p=148–149}}</ref> He proposed to [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] [[Walter Krueger]]'s intelligence chief Colonel Horton White that a rescue attempt be made to liberate the estimated 500&nbsp;POWs at the Cabanatuan prison camp before the Japanese possibly killed (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]]