(Luansing’s Unit)
15 March 46
Subject
To |
: Recognition, Request for
: The Commanding General |
1. Request that the entire unit of the Fil-American Batangas Guerrillas (Luansing’s Unit) be accorded recognition for services rendered prior to and during the liberation campaign in the province of Batangas.
2. Aside from the hereto attached supporting papers re- recognition, other original documents of this unit, when it still carried the banner of Fil-American Irregular Troops, under Col. Hugh Straughn, are now at the office of the Guerrilla Affairs Section, submitted by the Fil-American Batangas Guerrillas (Guerra’s Unit) which was originally also under my command, a fact which the former Overall Guerrilla Commander for the province of Batangas, as assigned by the 11th Airborne Division, Col. Quintin Gellidon, can testify [to].
3. Attached are supporting papers of attachment to various units of the American Forces that operated in the province of Batangas. Regarding connection with the headquarters of Maj. Jay D. Vanderpool, references can be made of Col. Eleuterio Adevoso, Commanding Officer of the ROTC HUNTERS, in which headquarters Maj. Jay D. Vanderpool worked prior to the landing in Luzon.
[Sgd.] GALICANO M. LUANSING JR. Lt. Col. Guer.
Commanding Officer
Commanding Officer
Enclosures:
Certified true copies of attachment
Roster
History and Activities
Casualty Report
Roster
History and Activities
Casualty Report
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Notes and references:
1 “Luansing Unit, Fil-American Batangas Guerrillas,” File No. 63, downloaded from PVAO.
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