A POW Camp for American soldiers brought from Corregidor and Camp O'Donnell in Tarlac Province in 1942.
On 6 June 1942,the American prisoners at Camp O'Donnell were evacuated in small groups to another camp at Cabanatuan,approximately 8 kilometers west of the town by the same name. Only a few small medical and civilian units were left at Camp O'Donnell. [plus many men too sick to move]. These units - 500 men and 50 officers - were organized into (smaller) labor battalions of about 100 men each,which were later assigned to camps in adjacent airfields and to road building projects under the direction of the Japanese War Prisoners' Administration. After the Americans were removed from the camp,it [O'Donnell] was turned into a rehabilitation center for the Filipino prisoners of war.
REPORT ON AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR INTERNED
BY THE JAPANESE IN THE PHILIPPINES
Prepared by the Office of the Provost Marshal General 19 November 1945
How to get there:
There are buses that go directly to Cabanatuan City,Nueva Ecija from Manila.
Last updated: 2007-01-30 15:34:20.611
