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 internment camp for American and Filipino prisoners of war. About 2,200 Americans and 27,000 Filipinos died at Camp O'Donnell. The former internment camp is the location for the Capas National Shrine which was built and is maintained by the Philippine government as a memorial to the Filipino and American soldiers who died there.

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.

Operating Location Delta (OL-D) of the 1961st Communications Group was also located at Camp O'Donnell. OL-D provided communications support to Camp O'Donnell, the Crow Valley Range Complex, worldwide High Frequency military transmitter facilities and microwave relay support to the Voice of America broadcasting out of the Philippines.

Filipino and American soldiers were said to have been beheaded in front of open graves, a huge Obelisk now stands as a grave marker on the original site of the camp in which people can enter with a fee less than 20 pesos per head, the former location is now known as the Capas National Shrine.

It was liberated by the US Army on January 30, 1945. Camp O'Donnell is now a camp of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

See also

• Crow Valley Gunnery Range
• Clark Air Base