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Cagayan de Oro
Apollo Tiano was the fifth, of six children of Leocadio Tiano and Emilia B. Tiano. He was a guerilla officer during World War 2, and he participated in the action
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Each time I reminisce about the Second World War, I often wonder how the little things that I did as a Platoon Leader influenced the final effort in
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Cagayan de Oro
“Why should I join Fertig? I have my own bamboo telegraph, radio station and my own army, My soldiers have plenty of guns, and they know how to
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Cagayan de Oro
Dr. Antonio Montalvan and Sen. Jose Ozamis. Heroes of World War 2 who were executed in La Loma Cemetery by the Japanese Military Police also known as the
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Cagayan de Oro
The first airplane crash in Mindanao was at Balingasag, Misamis Oriental involving a Douglas O-5 with the tail number 24-7. It was based at Camp Nichols, Rizal and
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Cagayan de Oro
According to gathered intelligence, the Japanese strength in Misamis Oriental peaked on November 1944. Cugman………………. 600 Puerto………………. 2,000 Bugo………………… 500 Agusan………………. 1,000 Alae………………… 700 Tagoloan…………….. 2,500 Bolonsiri……………. 150
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Cagayan de Oro
When Major General Sharp, the Commander of the USAFFE in the Visayas and Mindanao had determined that further resistance would be fruitless, the subordinate commanders were ordered to
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Cagayan de Oro
WW2 Guerrilla Commanders of Cagayan: Clockwise starting from the left: Lt. Col Wendell W. “Tatay” Fertig (Overall Commander of the Mindanao Guerrillas), Capt. Manuel Jaldon, Maj. Fidencio Laplap,
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Cagayan de Oro
By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), a Silver Star for Gallantry in Action
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Pacific Wars
The US Army Intelligence briefly described Maj. Busran Mondragon Kalaw as: “A Moro Datu active in organizing the Bolo Battalion in Mindanao before the surrender of the USAFFE
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