Location
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15° 39' 27N Long 120° 46' 7E Guimba is located at an elevation of 114' / 34m in Nueva Ecija Province on Luzon in the Philippines. To the southeast is Cabanatuan.
Wartime History
On January 26, 1945 at daybreak, advance reconnaissance
units of the U.S. Army 6th Infantry Division liberated Guimba and within
hours, established outposts nine miles further east along the
Licab River (Chico Pampanga River) and La Paz in Pampanga.
In late January 1945,
Guimba had a role in the Cabanatuan Raid (The Great Raid) to liberate Cabanatuan POW Camp. On January 28, 1945 U.S. Army Rangers depart Calasiao and arrive at Guimba where they rendezvoused with eighty guerrillas and Filipino
guides. During the raid, U.S. Army relayed intelligence
to Guimba, which was relayed to the Rangers via SCR 694 radios "walkie-talkies". Next, they marched on a route
chosen by civilians and rendezvous with Alamo Scouts and
a second eighty man
guerrilla force at Balincarin, about five miles northeast of the
Cabanatuan, on January 29, 1945. After the successful raid, the POWs and
wounded were treated at the U.S. Army 92nd Evacuation Hospital
in Guimba.
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January 22, 2025
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