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31 Cards in this Set
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Hampton sides |
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Set in |
Philippines |
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Name of camp |
Cabanatuan |
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Year rescue takes place |
1945 |
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Bataan death march |
Killed 750 Americans and 5000 fillipenos. Ppl on side beat and almost killed. Put in train cars. 100 packed into cars. 15 died |
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How disease affected allied POWs |
Killed 100s maybe 1000s. Disentairy ran through camps |
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Lt col Henry mucci |
Commander of army ranger. Highly trained group of soldiers |
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Capt Robert prince |
Commander of 6th ranger battalion who lead raid after mucci |
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Army rangers and rescuers |
Highly trained men. Trained by hunting in mountains. Not much experience before raid |
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Probs of rescuing 500 POWS |
A lot of prisoners to get out at once. Most not in shape to be extracted. Had to travel over 30 miles. |
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Brain buckets |
Muccis term for helmets. Didn't allow them to wear them. Minimize sound and not allow any shine |
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Dominoes |
As rangers marched , when the front of the line heard a noise the wld drop to the group like Dominos |
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Nose diving birds |
Rangers heard a noise that sounded like mortar hitting the ground. It was dead birds fallling |
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Red cross packages |
Packages from red cross that had food, cig, books. |
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High pockets |
American women that helped smuggle supplies into camp |
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Complications between American and fillipenos |
Some were with some against |
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Code of bushido |
Way of the warrior code in Japanese society |
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How prisoners were transported |
Train and walking |
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Water treatment |
Not food. Caused dysentery |
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How camps were civilized |
Had leaders, Ppl had jobs and did their part to help others |
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What POWS wanted |
Food, tobacco, cig mostly |
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Purpose of Alamo scouts |
Went before rangers and got full intelligence for them |
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Pep pills |
Used by rangers after raid to help keep them awake (speed) |
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How japs deterred POWS from escaping |
Put them in groups of 10. If one tried to escape, they'd all be killed. Later of one person tried to escape, they'd kill entire camp |
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Lady selling fruit at camp |
Sold fruit to guards to make locals look good to japs |
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Purpose of black widows |
Distract japs when rangers attack |
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How time was kept in camp |
Triangle bell in middle of camp |
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What is camp now |
Park with fruit trees. Some walls in memorial for 2616 Ppl who died |
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Liberation of food |
When guards left, prisoners raided months supply of their food. Helped moral go up and gave extra strength |
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Prisoners response to breakout |
Thought japs were executing them. Move slow and didn't know where to go |
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Eddie rose and physical weakness |
Deaf prisoner who left camp after raid. Saved by guerrilla soldiers. |
