In the COFEPOW quarterly newsletter, there is a short piece about the memoirs of Signalman W G Riley, Dishonourable Guest. He was rescued on 30 January 1945 by Americans in the Cabanatuan, Luzon Raid. Checking in my newspaper cuttings from the period, I realise that it is this raid in which Thomas Potter was rescued not the later February one. The memoirs are available at the Imperial War Museum or, for a very small fee to COFEPOW, as a PDF via the author’s son. (If anyone wants these try the COFEPOW website http://www.cofepow.org.uk or get in touch with me).
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The 25 February raid at Los Banos over 2,100 internees were rescued by the 11th Airborne Division, 26 miles behind enemy lines. Many were British citizens.
Yes, would I be right in thinking that many of those liberated in the Los Banos raid were civilians? There were only 23 Brits – all soldiers as far as I can see – freed at Cabanatuan (30 Jan 45). I have the list published on the 2nd February, including Thomas Potter and W G Riley. It has been very helpful to me to be able to make the distinction between the two raids.
I must have missed this reply somehow – sorry!! Just about all of them were civilians, hence being called internees instead of POWs. Los Banos was southern Luzon, the old school of agriculture.
General E.M. Flanagan, a retired former member of the 11th Airborne, wrote “The Los Banos Raid: The 11th Airborne Jumps at Dawn,” should anyone wish to read a complete story of this remarkable operation.