United States of America
Commonwealth of the Philippines
City of Manila
I, Galicano M. Luansing Jr., Capt. Inf. O-46316, of legal age, married, and at present on duty with the Recovered Personnel Division, AFWESPAC APO 707, after having been sworn to in accordance with law, depose and say:
That I was the Commanding Officer of the Fil-American Batangas Guerrillas, a duly recognized guerrilla organization that operated in the province of Batangas during the Japanese occupation;
That upon assumption of command as CO of the abovementioned unit on 1 April 44, I began working for the coordination and cooperation of all accredited guerrillas in the province of Batangas;
That on the abovementioned date, one of the independent units already in existence previously and inducted into my unit was the San Jose Unit of Maj. Amado A. Masilungan;
That while still under the command of my former CO, Lt. Col. Espina, in the year 1943, I frequented the sector of Maj. Masilungan and have known of their various activities;
That aside from Maj. A. Masilungan, the only known guerrilla leader and organizer in San Jose Town was Lt. Col. Pedro Kalalo, a fact that can be unanimously substantiated by the people of San Jose;
That during the whole period of my guerrilla activities, I have never heard of the following persons to be in any way connected to any guerrilla outfit, or carried out any marked anti-Japanese movement to be worthy of mention:
a. Jose C. Aguila
b. Alfredo C. Aguila
c. Fernando Aguila
d. Briccio Aguila
e. Their brothers-in-law, wives, cousins and even friends not from San Jose, but presently claiming connections in said guerrilla units.
b. Alfredo C. Aguila
c. Fernando Aguila
d. Briccio Aguila
e. Their brothers-in-law, wives, cousins and even friends not from San Jose, but presently claiming connections in said guerrilla units.
That the abovementioned facts [claims is more appropriate] are anomalies and irregularities that tend to smear the names of those real guerrilleros, and whose circumstances are being incriminated due to the utmost unscrupulousness of some opportunist-would-be-patriot.
That this affidavit is executed in order to rectify the anomalies perpetrated against the unit of San Jose under Maj. A. Masilungan.
Affiant further sayeth none.
[Sgd.] GALICANO M. LUANSING JR.
Capt. Inf. 0-46316
Commanding
Fil-American Batangas Guerrillas
Capt. Inf. 0-46316
Commanding
Fil-American Batangas Guerrillas
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of March 46 at HPA Manila.
[Sgd.] Emiliano O. Ozaeta
Maj. Inf. 0-35570
Acting Chairman, LSB #7 HPA
Maj. Inf. 0-35570
Acting Chairman, LSB #7 HPA
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Notes and references:
1 “San Jose Batangas Grlas, FAIT,” File No. 110-37, downloaded from PVAO.
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