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{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2012}}
{{Coord|15|30|34|N|121|02|40|E|region:PH_type:landmark|display=title}}
{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict=Raid at Cabanatuan City
|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 City POWs in celebration, January 30, 1945
(contracted; show full)=left|quote="We couldn't rehearse this. Anything of this nature, you'd ordinarily want to practice it over and over for weeks in advance. Get more information, build models, and discuss all of the contingencies. Work out all of the kinks. We didn't have time for any of that. It was now, or not."|source=—Capt. Prince reflecting on the time constraints on planning the raid<ref name="Sides 122">{{harvnb|Sides|2001|p=122}}</ref>}}
At 11:30 on January&nbsp;30, 
ScoutsAlamo Scout Lt. Bill Nellist and Pvt. Rufo Vaquilar, disguised as locals, managed to gain access to an abandoned shack {{convert|300|yd|m}} from the camp.<ref name="Breuer 3"/><ref name="Alexander 241">{{harvnb|Alexander|2009|p=241}}</ref> Avoiding detection by the Japanese guards, they observed the camp from the shack and prepared a detailed report on the camp's major features, including the main gate, Japanese troop strength, the location of telephone wires, and the best attack rout(contracted; show full)
[[ar:اقتحام كاباناتوان]]
[[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]]