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[WWII] US Navy Air Action Report on Attacks on the Lipa and Batangas Airfields in November 1944

In an earlier post , Batangas History, Culture and Folklore featured details of air operations undertaken by United States Navy planes fly...

Batangas History 14 Mar, 2021

[WWII] War Diary Excerpts on US Marine Air Operations Against Batangas in January 1945

January 1945 was a crucial time in the Allied effort to reclaim the Philippines from Japanese control. Forces under the command of Genera...

Batangas History 14 Mar, 2021

Photos of Taal, Batangas Early in the American Colonial Era

The photos below were digitally extracted from an article published in the October 1903 edition of the Journal of the United States Cavalr...

Batangas History 14 Mar, 2021

[WWII] Attacks on Lipa and Batangas Airfields by Carrier-Based American Planes in November 1944

By November 1944, Allied Forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur had already established a foothold on the island of Leyte a...

Batangas History 14 Mar, 2021

Aerial Photographs of Batangas January 1945, Possibly Military Reconnaissance

In this page are selected aerial photographs taken of the province of Batangas in January 1945 and recently released (2023) by the United ...

Batangas History 14 Mar, 2021

[Photo] US Army Troops on the Road to Lipa, Batangas

Image credit: United States National Archives and Records Administration Digital Library From the United States National Archives and Rec...

Batangas History 14 Mar, 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

[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