Cabanatuan POWs

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"VICTORY" overprint One Peso note signed by seventeen American POWs liberated from Cabanatuan in "The Great Raid" on January 30, 1945. All were survivors of the Bataan Death March.

 

Eugene J. O’Keefe--1st Lt./Chaplain (61^st FA Regt)

Donald S. Robins--Capt. (QM Motor Transport Svc)

John P. Reeff--Cpl (Battery C, 60^th CA Regt)

Donald N. Snyder--PFC (Air Warning Service Co)

James E. Trippe--Capt. (Motor Pool, Philippines Dept)

Charles C. Tupy--PFC

John D. West--PFC (Battery E, 200^th CA Regt)

Marshall B. Stoutenburgh--PFC (19^th Air Base Sqdn)

Benjamin O. Williams--PFC (Air Warning Service Co)

 

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Field M. Reed Jr.--PFC (HQ Co, 192^nd Tank Bn)

Dale O. Von Linger--PFC (698^th Ord. Co (Avn), 27^th Bomb Gp)

Robert V. Strasters--PFC (Med. Det., 194^th Tank Bn)

Ben F. Williams--PFC (Battery A, 200^th CA Regt)

John A. Moores--PFC (Station Hosp., Ft. Mills)

Lewis V. Taylor--Sgt (24^th Pursuit Gp)

Alvin A. Staus--S/Sgt (HQ & HQ Sqdn, FEAF)

Jeff Smith--PFC (7^th Chemical Co Avn))

 

[KASTAUFFER]

How do you keep finding these great bills!!!!!

 

Congrats,

 

Kurt

[Stony]

What a great find. I would give up a flight jacket to find something like this.

[katieony]

Wow! What a historic find!!! Thank you for posting!

 

Mike

[USKurt]

I have travelled to the POW Memorial Site in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija in the Philippines. I lived in the Philippines for about 6 months when I went to get married. The town I lived in was just a few miles from the POW Memorial and I crossed the bridge many times that was blown up after the POW Raid/Rescue by the US Rangers and Philippine Scouts. I also have a "1 Peso" bill that was printed in the US for the Philippines like what you have shown. I just don't see how to post pictures to my post here...I would like to share my pics, just don't know how to post them. It also was somewhat difficult to get signed up for this page, why do things have to be so difficult?....

[manayunkman]

Interesting finds.

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Now posted for sale in the Books, Photos, and Ephemera section.

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No longer for sale.