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{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2012}}
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{{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)><ref name="Rottman 6">{{harvnb|Rottman|2009|p=6}}</ref> This number dropped significantly as able-bodied soldiers were shipped to other areas in the Philippines, Japan, [[Formosa]], and [[Manchuria]] to work in slave labor camps. [[Geneva Convention]] provisions were ignored as POWs transported out of the camp were forced to work in factories to build Japanese weaponry, unload ships, and repair airfields.<ref name="Breuer 55">{{harvnb|Breuer|1994|p=55}}</ref>
  Though Japan had not ratified the Geneva Treaty at the time and were thus not bound by those conventions.

The imprisoned soldiers received two meals a day of steamed rice, occasionally accompanied by fruit, soup, or meat.<ref name="Parkinson 132">{{harvnb|Parkinson|2006|p=132}}</ref> To supplement their diet, prisoners were able to smuggle food and supplies hidden in their underwear into the camp during Japanese-approved trips to Cabanatuan. To prevent extra food, jewelry, diaries, and other valuables from being confiscated, items were hidden in clothing, latrines, or were buried before (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]]