Filipino Guerrillas Rise From Hills to Fight Japanese
The Philippine resistance grew underground after four months of fighting with Americans. Leaders emerged from universities and civilians, including Tomas Confesor and ROTC alumni, while guerrillas on Leyte, Panay, Negros, and Sulu formed networks under Col Ruperto Kang Leon and others. Early weapons were crude bolo knives and bamboo guns. later guns were improvised from pipe and bamboo tubes.
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The
Phipps
MacArthur
Brg
Geo Carlos P Romuis
Philippines
Carlos FP
Romulo
Peter Edson Bateaga
United States
Corridor
Pacific Islands
Tomas Confesar
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Eght Islands
Ruperto Kangleon
Leyte
Maccario Peralta Jr
Panay
Cnt
Salvanor Abcede
Negros
Alejandro Suarez
Sulu
Ismael Inginiero
Bohol
Kangleon
Philippine Army
University of the Philippines
Inginero
Far Eastern University
Suarez
Walter Kreuger
Mindero
Col. Peralta
Zamboanga
Filipinos Resist Japanese Occupation in Interior Towns
The piece recounts villagers forming Kahbapi neighborhood groups to ration and monitor residents, using the system to shelter multiple men under false names. Japanese patrols attracted by fear, and Filipinos began ambushes in towns as Cenon Martin, a local brave, distributed hand grenades before dawn.
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Cenon Martin
Meaver
Guerrillas on Gebu mark Independence Day with rockets
On Gebu island in July 1943 guerrillas announced Independence Day celebrations and demonstrated intent by firing rockets. They used speed and invisibility as key tactics, deceiving the Japanese about their actual weapons. The Japanese forces responded to the show of defiance as events unfolded.
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Gebu
Guerrllas
Programs On Egei Aid Filipino Morale
Filipino morale programs from KGEI in San Francisco reach listeners from the Aleutians to New Guinea. Carmen Ligaya hosts Tagalog and other dialect broadcasts aimed at keeping Filipinos hopeful for U S liberation, while Yay Parilho and guerrilla networks contributed frontline information.
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Egei
Peter Edgon
Wee
Carmel
Tokyo Rose
Sirta
Pacific
Carmen Ligaya
Philppine
KGEI
Aleutians
New Guinea
Tokyo
San Francisco
Rhinr
Flipino
Hollywood
Larry Rhine
Bataan
Corregidor
Quezon
Washington
Philippines
Leyte
Mindoro
Artist Sketches Pictures On Used English Newspapers
WG Rogers reports on a collection of artist sketches made from discarded English newspapers. The notes reference portraits, urban scenes, and caricatures created from torn clippings, with mentions of various subjects and a focus on reuse as art.
Fragmented OCR piece hints at wartime imagery and oddities
The readable fragments mention a rough wartime scene, a note on a libereted people, and zoological oddities. Names and places are unclear, but the text references sketches, tapes, and a fictional or misread setting. The overall article seems garbled, with stray phrases about war, Bereaved, and a zoo related item.
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