“And we jumped off the train and kissed the
ground. This . . . was . . . New
Mexico.”
— Maynard Meuli, “Beyond Courage”
Over 500 POWs were rescued in a daring raid from
Cabanatuan prisoner of war camp, Luzon, Philippine
Islands, by US Army Rangers, Philippine
Scouts, and Guerrillas January 30, 1945.