Signed Documents by Armando Laurel, Regimental Commander PQOG
The President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas was a large guerrilla outfit operating in Luzon during the Japanese occupation up to liberation. It had many elements in the different towns of the Province of Batangas, including one that operated out of the lakeside town of Talisay. In this page are two documents1, signed by one Armando Laurel, Regimental Commander of the Talisay Unit of the President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas, prepared in aid of the unit’s application for official recognition by the United States Army.
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UNITED STATES FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINES
PRESIDENT QUEZON’S OWN GUERRILLAS
HQ., TALISAY INFANTRY REGIMENT
I hereby certify that the Battalion under Lt. Col. Carlos Mendoza is under my Command as Regimental Commander of the Talisay Infantry Regiment, President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas.
This Battalion is the Second in my regiment.
Regimental Commander
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UNITED STATES FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINES
PRESIDENT QUEZON’S OWN GUERRILLAS
HQ., TALISAY INFANTRY REGIMENT
SPECIAL ORDERS )
No. ______________ )
To be Lt. Col. (Bn. Commander)
(Rank)
(Name)
Regimental Commander