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22 February 1943 G-2 Section, 10th Military District Three rugged years of concentrated efforts of the Intelligence Section of the Mindanao Guerrillas brought recognition in the form of commendation from the Highest Headquarters of the United States Army in the Pacific in which Major General A. C. WILLOUGHBY, Assistant Chief of Staff, G2, in communication …
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1. Factors Favorable For Guerrilla Growth: a) Natural Barriers: Mindanao turned out to be a fertile field for originating, nurturing, maturing and welding into a compact organization, guerrilla units. The island abounds in jungles, irregular land surface, rivers, mountains, steep cliffs, swamps and two big lakes (Lanao and Mainit), all offering obstacles in the way …
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FIRST PHASE: 8 DEC 1941 – 6 MAY 1942. On 8 December 1941, Japan struck vital United States territories without warning or formal declaration of war. One of the first Japanese bombs fell in Davao, Mindanao. The whole Philippines awoke horror-struck at what was the inception of a most horrible national cataclysm. Girded for battle …
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18 June 1945 Combined American and guerrilla operations in the area of the 106th Division forced the remains of the enemy, as elsewhere, to flee to the mountains. 300 to 400 Jap troops sought refuge in the Mt Blik area, Cotabato (present day Talayan, Maguindanao), but hot on their trail were the combined American and …
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1 May 1945 The 130th Regiment, 107th Division, under the command of Major Saturnino R. Silva Sr., with a strength of eighty-nine officers 4nd 1,292 enlisted men, aided by the 111th Provisional Battalion (Bn), launched the Ising, Davao (present day Carmen, Davao del Norte) offensive on 1 May 1945 following orders from Col. Wendell W. …
17 January 1945 Mina-ano in Agusan Province, lies between Cabadbaran and Butuan towns. The Mina-ano encounter was noteworthy because it was a valiant though futile stand of the guerrillas to prevent the Japanese from Surigao in reaching Butuan. The Division Special Troops, upon learning of the enemy move to proceed to Butuan, acted swiftly transferring …
19 December 1943 The Liangan attack was a serious threat directed against the Headquarters of the 108th Division which at the time was located at Liangan, Kolambugan, Lanao (now Lanao del Norte) about four kilometers from the coast of Iligan Bay. It began on 19 Dec 1943-at midnight. The guerrilla troops at this time were …
10 October 1943 On 10 Oct 1943, a combined force of the Regimental Co, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 114th Infantry Regiment, led by Lt ROBERT B. SPIELMAN and other Regimental Officers, attack the Japs entrenched at Placer, Surigao Province. Enemy casualties could not be determined but it was certain that their loss …
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24 August 1944 On 24 August 1944, Maj LUCAS O. NARANJO, CO, 106th Infantry Regiment, with eight men, headed towards Labinay and Pulao, Tangub, Misamis Occidental, to ambush an enemy patrol of 150 well-armed men. At 10:00 AM, while nearing Pulao, at a place called Baga (present day Santa Maria), the enemy was spotted. NARANJO …
16 July 1943 The source of water supply for Misamis and Labo was the Malibangcao spring in Clarin, Misamis Occidental. When the guerrillas cut the pipe line from Malibangcao, the Japs in the town of Misamis (present day Ozamiz City) sent a patrol of one hundred men to this place in the night of 15 …
