Camp O'Donnell

Camp O'Donnell

"Camp O'Donnell" was a facility of the United States Air Force in Capas, Tarlac, The Philippines. Before the facility was transferred to the Air Force, it was first a Philippine Constabulary post then a United States Army facility.

During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II, Camp O'Donnell was the final stop of the Bataan Death March and was used as an interment camp for American and Filipino prisoners of war. About 2,200 Americans and 27,000 Filipinos died at Camp O'Donnell. [ [http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/camplists/philippines/odonnell/provost_rpt.html O'Donnell Provost Marshall Report] ] The former interment camp is the location for the Capas National Shrine [ [http://server.pvao.mil.ph/capas.html Capas National Shrine] page on the site of the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office] which was built and is maintained by the Philippine government as a memorial to the Filipino and American soldiers who died there.

In 1945, beggining the liberated in Camp O'Donnell during the Second World War was entering the battles by joint Filipino and American troops together with the Filipino guerilla fighters against the Japanese troops during the Raid at Capas, meanwhile the American and Filipino soldiers was rescued by other Filipino and American POWs outside in the camp.

When it was transferred to the Air Force, it became home to the 3d Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron, the Pacific Air Forces Electronic Warfare Range, and the Crow Valley Range Complex.

Camp O'Donnell is now a camp of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

See also

*Crow Valley Gunnery Range
*Clark Air Base

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