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Robert W. Prince (November 7, 1919 – January 1, 2009) was an officer in the United States Army's elite 6th Ranger Battalion. In 1945 he was chosen personally by Lt. Col. Henry Mucci to plan the rescue at the Cabanatuan POW camp in the Philippines .
The 6th Ranger Battalion was a United States Army Ranger Battalion which saw action in the Pacific during World War II. ... C Company, under Capt. Robert Prince, ...
The Rangers, Scouts, and guerrillas trekked through diverse terrain and crossed several rivers on their way to the prison camp. Shortly after 05:00 on January 28, Mucci and a reinforced company of 121 Rangers [82] [84] [85] under Capt. Robert Prince drove 60 miles (97 km) to Guimba, before slipping through Japanese lines at just after 14:00.
At Lingayen Gulf, the 6th Ranger Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci is ordered by Lieutenant General Walter Krueger to liberate all of the POWs at Cabanatuan prison camp before they are killed by the Japanese. Mucci selects Captain Robert Prince and his company of Rangers for the raid. Prince is also tapped to form a plan and lead ...
Henry Andrews Mucci (March 4, 1909 – April 20, 1997) was a colonel in the United States Army Rangers.In January 1945, during World War II, he led a force of 121 Army Rangers on a mission which rescued 513 survivors of the Bataan Death March from Cabanatuan Prison Camp, despite being heavily outnumbered.
Eleventh Battalion, Prince George's County (Capt. Magruder) 1776 ... North Providence Rangers, 1775 to present (Co A, ... 6th Regiment of militia, ...
The United States Army Rangers are elite U.S. Army personnel who have served in any unit which has held the official designation of "Ranger". [1] [2] The term is commonly used to include graduates of the Ranger School, even if they have never served in a "Ranger" unit; the vast majority of Ranger school graduates never serve in Ranger units and are considered "Ranger qualified".
In January 1945 the scouts were teamed with elements of the 6th Ranger Battalion and Filipino guerrilla units to liberate 513 POWs in a daring night attack. The scouts provided reconnaissance and tactical support for the 6th Ranger Battalion during the raid of the Cabanatuan Prison Camp. The Scouts performed advance reconnaissance of the POW ...