Bataan survivor never forgot Nov 3, 2008
The Filipino government asked him to design the Cabanatuan American Memorial, dedicated to the Filipino and American soldiers who died during the Death March and while imprisoned at Camp Cabanatuan in the Philippines. The camp was the site of a daring January 1945 rescue by U.S. Army Rangers and Filipino guerrillas to free more than 500 prisoners facing probable execution. (News & Observer)
He knows what it means to be a Ranger Jun 21, 2008
Prince, famed for planning the rescue of American prisoners at the Cabanatuan camp in the Philippines, was among the friends who turned out for Strausbaugh s induction into the Hall of Fame. We are such a close-knit bunch we almost feel we owe it to each other to come, Strausbaugh said. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
More of this story... Nov 15, 2007
Those who survived the hell ships were put on a train to Cabanatuan, some 60 miles away. Hagans stayed at the camp there until October 1944, when he was transferred to Bilibid prison. (The Exeter Sun, CA)
Honoring heroes: Local veterans look back on experiences Nov 11, 2007
In Leyte, he encountered freed American prisoners of war who had been held at Cabanatuan at the end of the Bataan Death March. They were just skin and bones, he recalled. (Davis Enterprise, CA)
Ex-POWs struggle with debate over U.S. treatment of detainees Oct 22, 2007
A half a world away from the Nazi fight, Buck Turner served on the burial detail, helping carry as many as 40 bodies a day to mass graves at the infamous Japanese Cabanatuan POW camp in the Philippines. Malnourished, forced to beat one another and assigned to 10-men "shooting squads" that meant death for nine men if one escaped, Turner has a different view. (North County Times)
Ex-POWs struggle with torture debate Oct 21, 2007
Buck Turner served on the burial detail at the infamous Japanese Cabanatuan POW camp in the Philippines during World War II. When asked about U.S. treatment of detainees, Turner said he doesn't want detainees killed or bones broken, but that some pain may be inflicted to extract information that can save lives. . (MSNBC -- Race)
Heroic Lepanto youth paid ultimate price in WWII Jun 1, 2007
Records are sketchy about what occurred after this, but eventually he reached Cabanatuan POW Camp on Luzon, where he was confined until early Dec. 1944 when he was moved to Billibid Prison Hospital in Manila ... I do not know how many letters I have received for rather than loose this set I buried them at Cabanatuan ... 3 weeks ago tomorrow they moved all of us from Cabanatuan except about 750 sick, lame and medicos. (Tri-City Tribune, AR)
