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Report date: 17 March 1945 Title: Report on the Los Banos Prison Operations Abstract: Report of the Los Banos Prison Operations in Luzon, Philippine

Islands includes a narrative of the rescue of internees at Los Banos Prison Camp by the 11th Airborne Division on 23 February 1945

Number of pages: 8 p. Notes: From the MCoE HQ Donovan Research Library, Fort Benning, GA. Documents collection. Call #: D793.33 .U311 Classification: Unclassified; Approved for public release

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REPORT ON THE LOS BANOS PRISONOPERATIONS. LUZON P.I.

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