Withdrawal of PQOG Units’ Requests for Recognition, January 1947
The President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas (PQOG) was a guerrilla organization which fought the Japanese in World War II. The guerrilla outfit was among those that operated in Southern Luzon, including Batangas. It had many units in the province, one of which was in the eastern Batangas town of San Juan. In this January 1947 document1, one Vicente S. Umali, Commander of the President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas, wrote to the Guerrilla Affairs Branch of the United States Army to withdraw all PQOG units’ requests for recognition.
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“PRESIDENT QUEZON’S OWN GUERRILLAS
Manila
| SUBJECT | : Withdrawal of Units' Requests for Recognition from GAD, G-3, PHILRYCOM file, Request for |
| TO |
: The Chief of Guerrilla Affairs Division
G-3, PHILRYCOM
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1. Request withdrawal of all recognition requests from my organization, the President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas, or PQOG.
2. Exceptions to this request are the Revision of Dates for the recognized members of my command and the recognition of PQOG guerrilla casualties
3. Request further that this be granted after the announcement of official recognition of the “PQOG General Headquarters” and the “2ndInf Regt, PQOG (Composite Unit)” which included the most deserving members of my command. 2. Exceptions to this request are the Revision of Dates for the recognized members of my command and the recognition of PQOG guerrilla casualties
t/ VICENTE S. UMALI
Commanding
REPRODUCED:
Chief, Records Section