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Guerrillas in Batangas

Jay D. Vanderpool, the Officer who Unified Guerrillas in Batangas, Cavite and Laguna

After the fall of Bataan and Corregidor in April and May 1942, respectively, Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, designated commander of all U...

Batangas History 17 Jan, 2023

Jorge Espina: the Hero who Embodied Batangueño Resistance to Japanese Occupation in WWII

In the numerous documents submitted by various guerrilla outfits to the United States Army in their bids to gain official recognition durin...

Batangas History 19 Apr, 2021

The Daring Guerrilla Radio Detachment that Operated in Batangas in WWII

In November 1944, a small detachment was despatched by guerrilla leader Major Bernard L. Anderson to set up an intelligence network and op...

Batangas History 22 Feb, 2021

The Case of Batangueño Guerrillas' Attempt to Bribe a US Army Investigating Officer

Even before the surrender of the Japanese Imperial Army to the Allied Forces in the Philippines in September of 1945, guerrilla organizatio...

Batangas History 6 Feb, 2021

The Case of Four US GIs Stranded in Malvar, Batangas Behind Japanese Lines in WWII

Early in 1942, after forces of the Japanese Imperial Army had occupied the Philippine Islands in their quest to set up the bogus East Asia ...

Batangas History 6 Jan, 2021

When Balayan Guerrillas Stole Japanese Q-Boats from a Base in Calatagan in WWII

Towards the end of 1943, when the tides of war in the Pacific had started to turn in favor of the Allied Forces, Japan started to explore a...

Batangas History 16 Nov, 2020