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A ceremony was recently held on the

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grounds of Cabanatuan , a World war two

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Japanese pow camp , a field of trees

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and flowers now stand where there were

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once barbed wire fences and watchtowers .

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Major General Roger Matthews and

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Brigadier General Allen luga placed a

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wreath at the site in remembrance of

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both their countrymen . On 30 January

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1945 , a combined force of Army Rangers ,

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Alamo Scouts and Filipino Guerrillas

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attacked Japanese forces and

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successfully liberated the remaining

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and surviving prisoners , mostly

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American soldiers . I think we

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understand that we all serve in the

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same foxhole , so to speak . So we

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fight as a team . We train as a team .

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We survive as a team . So I think when

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you're 67 years ago , the men that were

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prisoners here who are part of a team

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and they survived and some died because

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of that team and it carry that legacy

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carries on today with what we're doing

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with panic attacks , the courage ,

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sacrifice and selfless service of both

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American and Filipino forces remains

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here forever remembered . Staff

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Sergeant Richard Coletta , Cabanatuan

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Philippines