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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

[PHOTOS] Early Archeological Excavations in Calatagan, Batangas

Below are photos of the early excavations undertaken in Calatagan under the leadership of the Swedish archeologist Olov Janse. Janse, known...

Batangas History 2 Dec, 2020

Chinese Ceramics and Evidence of Violence in the Early Calatagan Excavations

In the 1930s, while ground was being leveled for use as an airstrip in the Municipality of Calatagan on the western side of the Province of...

Batangas History 30 Nov, 2020

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

The Burning of Rosario and Other Japanese Atrocities in the Town in 1945

On the 31 st of January 1945, the United States 8 th Army made its long awaited landing on the beaches of the town of Nasugbu in western ...

Batangas History 15 Oct, 2020

The Daring Guerrilla Raid on a Jap Sentry Outpost at Calicanto, Batangas in 1943

On the 8 th of December 1941, just hours after the Japanese attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Japanese aircraft l...

Batangas History 1 Oct, 2020

Protecting Cuenca against WWII Japanese Stragglers and Convincing them to Surrender

On the 20 th of April 1945, the 187 th Glider Infantry Regiment of the United States Army’s 11 th Airborne Division, after some fierce a...

Batangas History 22 Sep, 2020

The Tanauan Guerrillas who Helped Downed US Pilots Escape the Japanese in WWII

Beginning on the 10 th up to the 20 th of October 1944, planes of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise started raiding Japanese airfields...

Batangas History 18 Jul, 2020