Ruben Bautista, left, guest of honor, sits in the crowd during in a wreath-laying ceremony May 10 at the Pangatian War Memorial in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, during exercise Balikatan 2014. The ceremony honored Philippine and soldiers interred at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp, some of whom were liberated by Philippine guerrillas and the Army's 6th Ranger Battalion during a raid Jan. 30, 1945. Bautista was only five years old when he witnessed the raid take place in the prison camp. Balikatan is an annual bilateral training exercise between the Philippines and designed to
Ruben Bautista, left, guest of honor, sits in the crowd during in a wreath-laying ceremony May 10 at the Pangatian War Memorial in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, during exercise Balikatan 2014. The ceremony honored Philippine and soldiers interred at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp, some of whom were liberated by Philippine guerrillas and the Army's 6th Ranger Battalion during a raid Jan. 30, 1945. Bautista was only five years old when he witnessed the raid take place in the prison camp. Balikatan is an annual bilateral training exercise between the Philippines and designed to foster cooperation and interoperability between the two nations' armed forces through training as well as humanitarian aid and disaster relief projects. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Shaltiel Dominguez/ Released) Honoring the past, and Philippines hold wreath-laying ceremony to recognize POWs at Pangatian War Memorial 140509-M-SD123-457
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