In 1945, U.S. Paratroopers Rescued 2,000 Prisoners From a Japanese Internment Camp
Carried out in a virtually flawless manner, the daring Los Baños Raid is remembered as a textbook operation.
Here s What You Need to Know: Almost 50 years after the raid, General Colin Powell, while chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent a letter to the 11th Airborne Division association stating, “I doubt that any airborne unit in the world will ever be able to rival the Los Baños prison raid. It is the textbook airborne operation for all ages and armies.”
On January 9, 1945, after almost three years, General Douglas MacArthur and the United States Army returned to the Philippine island of Luzon, landing at Lingayen Gulf on the northwest coast. After establishing a fortified beachhead and moving inland a few miles, MacArthur formed two “flying columns” of cavalry, armor, and artillery and ordered them to go toward the Philippine capital of Manila.
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+ January 03, 2021 A FEW days ago, we recall two of our many heroes. Both were young and daring as they lived their youthful lives. Our first nominee gave up his promising years at the age of 35. Our other hero was even younger when he died at 26. Both lost their lives in the special month of December when they earned their respective places in Philippine history. Who were these two Filipinos? The first one spent his brief lifetime in various places. He was born in Calamba, Laguna; studied at the Ateneo Municipal after which he earned his medical course at the Santo Tomas University and completed his medical degree at the University of Madrid in Spain. He was involved in his family s farmland controversy and after some years the troubles made the Spanish government exile him to Dapitan in Mindanao. There he quietly practiced his medicine and community skills where he also met a foreign girlfriend. Our hero was of course the outstanding and unforgettable Jose