Partial Roster, Officers, Hunters ROTC Guerrillas in Batangas
The Hunters/ROTC were a guerrilla group formed in 1942. Initially operating in Rizal Province, the group would also have a sizable presence in Batangas and would be instrumental in providing intelligence to the United States forces leading to the assault landing at Nasugbu on 31 January 1945.
More information about the group is available in this article → “Operations of the Hunters/ROTC Guerillas in Batangas Prior to the 1945 Nasugbu Landing in WWII.”
In the document1 below are contained excerpts from a partial list of officers belonging to the guerrilla outfit in 1944. For the purposes of this web site, only those of the 49th Regiment, which operated in Batangas, are included.
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49th REGIMENT
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RANK Maj 1st Lt 1st Lt Capt 1st Lt 1st Lt 1st Lt Capt 1st Lt 1st Lt 1st Lt 2nd Lt |
N A M E Jacinto del Pilar Horacio de Leon Felino de Leon Jose Carandang Jose Velasco Celerino Pascual Leopoldo Moral Petronilo Santos Juan F. de Leon, Jr. Mario Solis Pedro Velasco Ricardo Velasco |
AGE 24 23 28 26 23 32 30 24 25 26 26 23 |
POSITION CO S-1 S-2 S-3 S-4 Med O JA IG FO Engineer Sig O Ln O |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS Class 1944, P.M.A. B.S. Ch. E., Adamson Univ. B.S.A.E., F.E.U. ROTC, U.P. ROTC, U.P. M.D.,U.S.T. LL.B. '38 ROTC, U.P. ROTC, F.E.U. B.S.C.E. Signalman,U.S. Navy ROTC, F.E.U. |
1st Bn. 49th Reg.
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RANK Capt 1st Lt 2nd Lt 2nd Lt 1st Lt 2nd Lt |
N A M E Calex Gasilao Jose Ureta Benito Bonuan Domingo Angeles Arsenio Babasa Leoncio Ermita |
AGE 24 26 24 24 25 23 |
POSITION CO Ex O S-1 S-2 S-3 S-4 |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS ROTC, U.P. Lt., USAFFE ROTC ROTC Lt. USAFFE ROTC |
2nd Bn. 49th Reg.
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RANK Capt 1st Lt 1st Lt Maj 1st Lt 1st Lt |
N A M E Gregorio Recio Gregorio G. Zagala Apolinario Santos Ramon Zagala Bono Luistro Faustino Africa |
AGE 26 26 24 36 24 24 |
POSITION CO Ex O S-1 S-2 S-3 S-4 |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS 1st Lt, USAFFE 1st Lt, USAFFE ROTC Major USAFFE Class 1945, P.M.A. ROTC |
3rd Bn. 49th Reg.
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RANK Capt 1st Lt 2nd 1st Lt 1st Lt 2nd 1st Lt 1st Lt |
N A M E Ernesto Rosedo Jose Pascual Ricardo Zamora Jose Alex Katigbak Jose Katigbak Jr. Serapio Abrenica Augusto Sales Raymundo Katigbak |
AGE 27 25 24 24 25 24 26 25 |
POSITION CO Ex O S-1 S-2 S-3 S-4 JA Med O |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS 1st Lt, USAFFE Sgt. USAFFE ROTC ROTC ROTC ROTC LL.B. M.D. |
2 Magtanggol was a nom de guerre used by Eleuterio “Terry” Adevoso, Commander of the Hunters ROTC Guerrillas. “Terry Adevoso,” Wikipedia.