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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)

== Planning and preparation ==
On October&nbsp;20, 1944, General [[Douglas MacArthur]]'s forces [[Battle of Leyte|landed on Leyte]], paving the way for the [[Philippines campaign, 1944-45|liberation of the Philippines]]. Several months later, as the Americans consolidated their forces to prepare for the main invasion of [[Luzon]], nearly [[Palawan
#The Palawan Massacre|150&nbsp;Americans were executed]] by their Japanese captors on December&nbsp;14, 1944 in a POW camp on the island of [[Palawan]]. These Americans were herded into [[Air-raid shelter|air raid shelters]], sealed in, doused with gasoline, and burned alive.<ref name="SanJoseNews"/> One of the survivors, [[Private First Class|PFC]] Eugene Nielsen, recounted his tale to U.S. Army Intelligence on January&nbsp;7, 1945.<ref name="Sides 12">{{harvnb|Sides|2001|p=(contracted; show full)[[Category:Military raids]]

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