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Testimony of Gabriela M. Luz on Japanese Atrocities Committed in Bo. Sulok, Sto. Tomas, Batangas in 1945

[TRANSCRIPTION] This page contains the testimony of Gabriela M. Luz of Lipa, Batangas on the atrocities committed by the Japanese in Barr...

Batangas History 10 Aug, 2019

Testimony of Felix Javier on Japanese Atrocities Committed in Bo. Sulok, Sto. Tomas, Batangas in 1945

[TRANSCRIPTION] This page contains the testimony of Felix Javier of Santo Tomas, Batangas on the atrocities committed by the Japanese in ...

Batangas History 10 Aug, 2019

Testimony of Ricardo Castillo on Japanese Atrocities Committed in Santo Tomas, Batangas in 1945

[TRANSCRIPTION] This page contains the testimony of Ricardo A. Castillo of Santo Tomas, Batangas on atrocities committed by the Japanese ...

Batangas History 5 Aug, 2019

Testimony of Felicidad Austria on Japanese Atrocities Committed in Santo Tomas, Batangas in 1945

[TRANSCRIPTION] This page contains the testimony of Felicidad Austria of Santo Tomas, Batangas on atrocities committed by the Japanese i...

Batangas History 5 Aug, 2019

Testimony of Leoncio Tolentino on Japanese Atrocities Committed in Santo Tomas, Batangas in 1945

This page contains the testimony of Leoncio Tolentino of Santo Tomas, Batangas on atrocities committed by the Japanese in the town in 1945. ...

Batangas History 4 Aug, 2019

Miguel Malvar: a Short Biography Translated from “Mga Dakilaḡ Pilipino”

[In this article: Santo Tomas, Batangas, Philippine-American War, General Miguel Malvar, General J. Franklin Bell, Emilio Aguinaldo, Pact o...

Batangas History 21 Dec, 2018

The American Capture of Santo Tomas and Filipino Retreat to Talisay, January 1900

[In this article: Philippine–American War, General Elwell Stephen Otis, General Thomas Henry Barry, General John C. Bates, Santo Tomas, Li...

Buhay Batangas 6 Jul, 2018

How the Japanese Army set up Defenses against Allied Forces in Santo Tomas, Batangas in 1945

[In this page: Batangas, Santo Tomas, military intelligence, Japanese Imperial Army, Nasugbu Landing, bunker, entrenchment, trench] Fro...

Buhay Batangas 29 May, 2018

Picture Compilation of Evidences of Japanese Atrocities in Santo Tomas, Batangas in 1945

This post contains a compilation of photographs taken in 1945 of survivors of Japanese atrocities committed earlier that same year in the ...

Buhay Batangas 14 May, 2018

US Army Signal Corps Pictures taken during the Liberation of Santo Tomas, Batangas in 1945

A set of pictures taken by the United States Army Signal Corps in the Philippines in 1945 and filed away at the United States National Arc...

Buhay Batangas 13 May, 2018

The Case of the 19-Year Old Makapili Charged with Treason for Activities in Lipa and Santo Tomas

In this article, we take a look at another Supreme Court case involving treason charges against a member of the Makabayang Katipunan ng mg...

Buhay Batangas 3 Mar, 2018

Santo Tomas, Batangas in the 19th Century as Described by a Spanish Historian

Continuing with the series in this web site on 19 th century Batangas as described by the former government official and historian Manue...

Buhay Batangas 3 Mar, 2018

Finding Barrio Sulok, the Strategic Barrio in WWII Santo Tomas, Batangas

In my researches on World War II Batangas, one obscure little barrio kept popping up in documentation of United States Army movements duri...

Buhay Batangas 3 Mar, 2018

Republic Act No. 11086 Establishing the City of Santo Tomas, Batangas

Santo Tomas is the Province of Batangas’ fourth and newest city, converted from a municipality in 2018. It is Batangas’ northernmost geo-...

Batangas History 3 Feb, 2018

Soil Survey in Santo Tomas, Batangas 1931

The photograph below was taken by the photographer Robert Larimore Pendleton in April 1931. It has been downloaded from the Digital Library...

Buhay Batangas 2 Feb, 2018

Proclamation No. 193 Series of 1928 Reserving Parcel of Land in Santo Tomas for Water Supply Use by Tanauan

Prior to 1928, apparently there was land dispute between the adjoining municipalities of Tanauan and Santo Tomas in Batangas. In the year ...

Batangas History 2 Feb, 2018

Boy Looking at Mass Killing Site in Barrio Sulok 1945

Date Taken: 25 October 1945 Original Caption: A little Filipino boy inspects the site of a mass killing by the Japs in Sulac, Batangas, ...

Buhay Batangas 1 Feb, 2018

Destroyed Primary School where Massacre Victims were Assembled 1945

Date Taken: 25 October 1945 Original Caption: These are the ruins of a primary school, at Sulac, Batangas, Luzon, P.I. (for Philippine I...

Buhay Batangas 1 Feb, 2018

Destroyed Makapili Headquarters in Barrio Sulok 1945

Date Taken: 25 October 1945 Original Caption: These are the ruins of the headquarter of the Filipinos, who collaborated with the Japs, a...

Buhay Batangas 1 Feb, 2018

Soldier Rests in Barrio Sulok during a Lull in the Fighting 1945

Date Taken: 9 April 1945 Original Caption: Private James Harper of Hanford California, a member of Company G, 187 th Regiment, 11 th A...

Buhay Batangas 1 Feb, 2018