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  2. Raid at Cabanatuan - Wikipedia

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    530–1,000+ killed. 4 tanks out of action. The Raid at Cabanatuan ( Filipino: Pagsalakay sa Cabanatuan ), also known as the Great Raid (Filipino: Ang Dakilang Pagsalakay ), was a rescue of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians from a Japanese camp near Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. On January 30, 1945, during World War II ...

  3. S.O.S.: Stories of Survival - Wikipedia

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    S.O.S.: Stories of Survival is a Philippine documentary public service television program that is hosted by Martin Andanar and aired on ABC 5 (now TV5) from November 3, 2005 to August 4, 2008. Premise. The show features stories of natural disasters and survival tips for natural disasters. See also

  4. Palawan massacre - Wikipedia

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    On 12 August 1942, 300 American prisoners arrived on two transport ships, survivors of the Battle of Bataan and the Battle of Corregidor. They were interned in the old Philippine Constabulary barracks, referred to as Palawan's Prison Camp 10A, or Palawan Barracks. They would spend the next two years clearing an area 2,400 by 225 yards (2,195 by ...

  5. Hiroo Onoda - Wikipedia

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    Entrepreneur ( Education) Hiroo Onoda ( Japanese: 小野田 寛郎, Hepburn: Onoda Hiroo, 19 March 1922 – 16 January 2014) was a Japanese intelligence officer of the Imperial Japanese Army who fought in World War II and did not surrender at the war's end in August 1945. After the war ended, Onoda spent 29 years hiding in the Philippines until ...

  6. Jabidah massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Jabidah massacre on March 18, 1968, was the purported assassinations or executions of Moro army recruits who allegedly mutinied upon learning the true nature of their mission. [3] It is acknowledged as a major flashpoint that ignited the Moro insurgency in the Philippines. [4] [5]

  7. Ruby Tower - Wikipedia

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    45.5 m × 30 m (149 ft × 98 ft) Technical details. Floor count. 6. Known for. Collapse in 1968 Casiguran earthquake. The Ruby Tower was a six-story building in Manila, Philippines, completed c. 1965 [a] that collapsed on August 2, 1968, during the Casiguran earthquake killing over 250 people.

  8. Bataan Death March - Wikipedia

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    The Bataan Death March [a] was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 75,000 [1] American and Filipino prisoners of war (POW) from the municipalities of Bagac and Mariveles on the Bataan Peninsula to Camp O'Donnell via San Fernando . The transfer began on 9 April 1942 after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines ...

  9. Philippines campaign (1941–1942) - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines campaign (Filipino: Kampanya sa Pilipinas, Spanish: Campaña en las Filipinas del Ejercito Japonés, Japanese: フィリピンの戦い, romanized: Firipin no Tatakai), also known as the Battle of the Philippines (Filipino: Labanan sa Pilipinas) or the Fall of the Philippines, was the invasion of the American territory of the Philippines by the Empire of Japan and the defense ...

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