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Miguel Malvar and the Last Battles of the Filipino-American War

Miguel Malvar y Carpio, born on 27 September 1865 in San Miguel, Santo Tomas, Batangas, was the son of Maximo Malvar and Tiburcia Carpio. ...

Batangas History 10 Dec, 2025

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

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