List of American guerrillas in the Philippines

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After the invasion of the Philippines by the Japanese in 1941, several Americans, civilian and military, evaded capture or escaped imprisonment. This occurred on several islands in the archipelago. With the aid of the local Philippine population, these Americans survived. However, not content with just surviving and avoiding capture, these Americans formed resistance groups, which were soon recognized by the American military, and eventually supplied. Initially relegated to an intelligence gathering role, these groups eventually took a more active and aggressive role, such that they were an integral part of the American re-conquest of the country.

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Bernard L. AndersonUS Army Air Corps Major. Formed Kalayaan Command in Tayabas Province that focused on intel work. Linked up with Alejo Santos in the Bulacan Military Area north of Manila. [1] : 26  Colonel Jaime Manzano was his executive officer. [1] : 114  Commanded 7,000 men. [1] : 226  [2]
Robert ArnoldCommanded military and guerrillas of the 15th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Army which operated in Ilocos Norte. [3] : 222–224  His thirty American soldiers joined forces with Walter Cushing's miners. [1] : 109  He later joined Captain Guillermo Nakar's guerrilla outfit. [1] : 109  [3]
George Norman ArnovickFought for the Filipino guerrillas in World War II. Born in Shanghai to an English family. Arnovick was later taken as a POW in a Japanese internment camp before later being rescued by the United States military. Once Arnovick arrived in America, he joined the Army Air Corps and later became the father of three children.
Robert V. BallEnlisted man on Mindanao, joined Colonel Fertig's guerrilla group, sailed in May 1944 from Samar to Baler Bay on Luzon, and delivered a radio transmitter to Lapham. [4] : 157  [4]
Joseph BarkerCaptain, [1] : 29  26th Cavalry, Philippine Scouts, US Army. Commanded the East Central Luzon Guerrilla Area under Thorp, with Edwin Ramsey as adjutant and Bernard Anderson as Chief of Staff. [1] : 36  After Thorp's capture, took command of Luzon Guerrilla Force. Captured in Manila while disguised as a priest. [1] : 56  Bayoneted to death by the Kempeitai at Manila North Cemetery on 2 October 1943. [3] : 183  [3]
George M. BarnettMajor, commanded the 2nd and 3rd Districts under Volckmann. [5]
Leon BeckEscaped from the Bataan Death March to become a guerrilla. [4] : 222  [4]
Henry Roy BellProfessor, Silliman University. Major in the guerrilla forces on Negros island, head of the Free Government, printed the Victory News and ran a radio transmitter which established contact with SWPA and Fertig. [6] : 76, 78–80, 127  Many Silliman students, alumni, faculty members and ROTC officers joined the resistance forces, numbering 10,811 men. [6] : 166  The Bell family was evacuated by the USS Narwhal on 7 February 1944. [6] : 155–160  [7] [8]
Donald Dunwoody Blackburn (1916-2008)11th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Army (11th Division, USAFFE). Did not join USAFIP surrender; evaded Bataan Death March. Joined Russell Volckmann. Helped organize Igorot guerrillas. Commanded 11th Infantry Regiment, USAFIP-NL. [9] [10]
John P. BooneUS Army Corporal [1] : 11  and wartime guerrilla Colonel who formed the Bataan Military District that conducted intel work and sabotage. Recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross. [11]
William E. Bowen (1905-1944)Technical Sergeant, 228th Signal Corps Joined Troop C, 26th Cavalry Regiment, retreating from Camp John Hay. Became a guerrilla. Captured April 1943. MIA in Japanese prison ship torpedoed by US Navy. [12]
Robert V. BowlerUS Army officer. Guerrilla leader on Mindanáo.
James Patrick BoydUS Army; guerrilla on Luzon. [1] : 20  [1]
Alfred BruceSergeant, Philippine Scouts, US Army. Guerrilla Captain, 2nd Battalion, Provisional Regiment of Philippine Scouts, which operated in Zambales Mountains under Thorp. [1] : 14  [1]
Parker CalvertMajor, commanded the 1st District under Volckmann. [5]
James W. CarringtonUS Marine PFC, stationed on Corregidor. Captured after surrender of Corregidor. Escaped from Bilibid Prison, saved by Moises and Jesus Gonzales. Became Commandant of the Headquarters and Security Detachment of the East Central Luzon Guerrilla Army Forces; engaged the Japanese, for which he later received the Army Distinguished Service Cross. Retired from USMC as a captain in 1958. In 2008, Jesus Gonzales visited Carrington at Destrehan nursing home, 11 days before Carrington died. [13] [14] [15] [16]
Henry Clay Conner Jr. (1918-2008)US Army officers Conner and Anderson founded Squadron 155 (composed mainly of Aetas working for the Japanese air corps) that worked on collecting intel info. Conner's personal army consisted of several hundred Negritos. [1] : 94–95  He married the sister of the Negrito chief, Kodario Laxamana. [1] : 101  [17]
James McCloud Cushing Mining engineer and brother of Walter and Charles. [1] : 38  As combat officer of the guerrilla Cebu Area Command, he was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel and officially recognized as commander of the 8th Military District by SWPA GHQ, Australia. [6] : 113  His "unit was disgraced" by Captain Harry Fenton's "brutality and dissoluteness". [1] : 106  [18]
Walter Mickey Cushing (September 12, 1907–October 2, 1943)Civilian mining executive. Organized his miners and joined forces with Lieutenant Robert Arnold. [1] : 109  His brother, Lieutenant Charles Cushing, ran another guerrilla camp, [3] : 89  which included the gold miners Herb Swick and Enoch French, [1] : 55  as Barker's Pangasinan district Commander, but as a Captain in 1943, he surrendered after they imprisoned his wife. [1] : 36, 55  French was later captured. [1] : 65  Walter moved in and out of Manila disguised as a priest, Father Navarro. [3] : 63  His men made one of the first guerrilla attacks on a Japanese convoy on 1 January 1942, which killed 60 and destroyed ten trucks with supplies, months before the Fall of Bataán. [5] : 30–31  After more impressive successes, he was commissioned captain by Colonel Horan, and his group was incorporated into Horan's 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Army. [5] : 31–32  He published The Echo of the Free North, based on news from San Francisco. [5] : 32  Bayoneted to death by the Kempeitai at Manila North Cemetery on 2 October 1943, [3] : 183  though Volckmann claims he was killed in a Japanese ambush at Jones, Isabela. [5] : 35–36  [19]
Doyle DeckerMember of the 155th Provisional Guerrilla Battalion which operated in Central Luzón. Operated with Robert Mailheau and Frank Gyovai, under Lieutenant Clay Conner's command. [1] : 46, 100–101, 113  [20]
Alvin J. FarrettaGuerrilla Captain on Luzon, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. [4] : 220  [21]
Harry Fenton (1907 – 1 September 1943)Administrative officer of the guerrilla Cebu Area Command. [6] : 104–113  His extreme repressive measures and punitive actions against suspected collaborators, fueled by fanatic hatred against the Japanese, led to his execution by Filipinos in 1943. Among the famous victims of his atrocities was the Mandaue lawyer and historian Eugeniano Ouano Perez, who was killed personally by Fenton on January 17, 1943, for incompetence. [22] [23]
Wendell W. Fertig US Army Colonel, overall guerrilla Commander on Mindanáo, with 33,000 men. [1] : 226  His divisional commanders included Captain Charles Hedges (108th, plus chief of staff), James Grinstead (109th), Frank McGee (106th), Lieutenant Colonel Robert Bowler (105th) [24] : 7, 307  Lieutenant Colonel Edward E. McClish (110th), and Major Clyde Childress (107th). [1] : 110  Fertig, with Aaron Bank and Russell Volckmann, founded the US Army Special Forces. [25] [26]
Naomi Flores Igorot, hairdresser and member of Miss U Spy Ring. Smuggled food and other supplies into prisoner of war camps and joined guerillas in Luzon. Later became an American citizen. [27]
Richard R. GreenCivilian, along with Swick, escaped from Camp Holmes and joined the USAFIP-NL in April 1943. [5] : 148  [5]
Edward James HaggertyJesuit priest. Joined guerrillas on Mindanao. [28]
Jack Hawkins Lieutenant, 4th Marine Regiment, Corregidor. Interned at Cabanatuan POW camp. Transferred to Davao Penal Colony, escaped, joined guerrillas on Mindanao. [29]
Albert HendricksonSignal Corps private who became a wartime guerrilla Captain under Robert Lapham, commanding the Tarlac province. [1] : 26, 60  Conducted the Itogon Mine Raid in October 1942. [4] : 166  Captured Tarlac City on 16 January 1945. [4] : 188  [1]
John P. HoranUS Army Colonel. Commander, John Hay Air Base. [4] : 80–81  Formed the 121st guerrilla regiment. [5] : 29  Surrendered after the Fall of Corregidor. [5] : 32  [21]
Ray C. Hunt Far East Air Force sergeant, Provisional Air Corps Regiment infantryman in the Battle of Bataan and wartime guerrilla captain under Robert Lapham. [1] : 26, 68  [21]
Thomas S. JonesUS Army lieutenant. [5] : 35  Sole survivor of Ralph Praeger's Troop C, 26th Cavalry Regiment, Philippine Scouts. Captured with Praeger. [5] : 151–152  [5]
Dick LangPFC, US Army Air Corps Maintenance crewman, 19th Bomber Group, Clark Field. Became guerrilla leader on Mindanáo. [30]
Robert Lapham US Army Philippine Scouts Lieutenant and wartime guerrilla Major on Luzón of 14,191 men. [1] : 226  Commander of the Luzon Guerrilla Army Forces. Warned General Krueger of impending massacre of prisoners at Cabanatuan POW camp. Recipient of the Philippine Legion of Honor. [1]
Frank R. Loyd [11]
Edward E. McClish Lieutenant Colonel in U.S. Army and guerrilla leader on the island of Mindanao. Commanded a force of more than 5,000 guerrillas in northeastern Mindanao [31]
Ralph McGuireUS Army Captain and civilian engineer. [1] : 14–15  Commander of Western Luzon Guerrilla Area of Thorp's Luzon Guerrilla Force. [1] : 36  Killed April 1943 by Negritos. [1] : 54  [2]
Harry McKenzieFormer mining superintendent and trusted subordinate of Lapham. [1] : 29, 38–39  [1]
Steve Mellnik [32]
Gyles MerrillCol guerrilla Commander on West Luzón. [1] : 35  After leaving the camp run by William, Vernon and Catalina Fassoth, he was joined by Colonel Peter Cayler, and Captain George E. Crane, Captain Kadel, Private Leon Beck, Johnny Johns, and Raymond Herbert. [1] : 37, 105  [11]
Martin Moses and Arthur NobleUS Army Lieutenant Colonels in the 12th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Army and then the 11th Division, USAFFE [1] : 54  who escaped to Benguet after Fall of Bataán. [5] : 82–83  Organised United States Army Forces in the Philippines - Northern Luzon. Attacked Itogon Mines. Captured 3 June 1943 and executed three months later. [4] : 83  [1]
Arthur MurphyHead of intelligence under Volckmann. [5] : 181  [5]
John O'DayFormer Brooklyn policeman who led a group of irregulars in Ilocos Norte and feuded with Captain Fermin Bueno's group. [1] : 109  Organized the 15th Infantry under Volckmann. [5] : 153  [2]
Yay Panlilio She was a journalist with the Philippines Herald before the war. She was second in command of Marcos Augustin 12,000 guerrillas. [1] : 226  She was also his mistress and the "brains of the outfit" which operated near Manila. [1] : 70  The Marking Guerrillas had fierce "feuds" with the Hunters guerrillas, led by Eleuterio "Terry" Adeviso, resulting in "gunfights, kidnapping, and even executions." [1] : 108–109  [33]
Chick Parsons Longtime pre-war resident, polo player, and businessman, who escaped occupied Manila with his family and then returned multiple times as the principal operator, organizer, and executor of the SPYRON submarine missions to supply guerrillas, organize the coastwatchers, and rescue civilians & escaped POWs. Died in 1988 as a Filipino citizen and is buried at Manila Memorial Park.
Robert C. PeyerAs a civilian and citizen of Switzerland and the Philippine Commonwealth, was awarded the Medal of Freedom for (as per his Citation) "outstanding courage and marked resourcefulness in providing food, clothing, and money for American prisoners of war and internees. Although under the constant watch of the Japanese, Mr. Peyer, by his inspiring bravery, resourcefulness, and devotion to duty, made a distinct contribution to the welfare and morale of American prisoners of war." Died as an American citizen in 1961 and is buried in Covington, Kentucky.
Nicholas Daniel "Danny" PociluykoUS Army Air Corps Staff Sergeant / Crew Chief 14th Bomber Squadron. Was at Clark Airfield when bombed Dec 8, 1941 then sent to Mindanao Dec 25, 1941 to support military resistance. Refused General Sharp's May 9, 1942 order to surrender with Beverly "Ben" Farrens, Lowell "Bit" Holder, Bill Johnson, John Spruill, and 7 others. Listed as "missing" for 18 months and within 10 months only 6 of the original 14 were still alive. Later was joined by Donald "Herb" Wills who had jumped from POW ship and swam ashore. In July 1942 in Kapai, met civilian engineers Jordan Hamner and Athol Y. "Chick" Smith, then risked his life to provide a cover story to help them pass through the territory of a local Chief (Fugitives, 2001 by Bob Stahl). Commissioned in the field to 2nd then 1st Lieutenant under Fertig. Directed a radio station and was coast watcher on the Zamboanga peninsula at Dipolog and Illigan in the Lanao province, moved about through Kapai Valley. Discovered a deserted six-thousand foot civilian airfield and directed Filipino troops under his command to renovate for landing of US planes; known as "Nick's Tower". Was involved in several fire-fights against Japanese attempts to take the airfield. According to personal letters from "Ben" Farrens, saved the lives of several pilots, saved and repaired numerous planes, helped aid escapees from Davao POW camp, and rescued ship wrecked soldiers. His accurate reports of Japanese ships were credited for US forces to sink or disabling of several enemy vessels. Often met and was counseled by Jesuit priest Father J. Edward Haggerty, per Haggerty's letter to his family. Returned to US in 1945. Retired in 1960 as Major. Interred with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
Ralph B. PraegerUS Army captain. Commander, Troop C, 26th Cavalry Regiment, Philippine Scouts, that operated in northeastern Luzón. [5] : 34  Operated a radio transmitter, and formed a guerrilla force with two Lieutenants, Thomas Jones and Warren A. Minton, that included his troop plus disbanded Philippine Army troops, which then raided Japanese airfields at Tuguegarao, Cagayan and Aparri. [5] : 35  After the Fall of Bataán, joined his force with Governor Marcelo Adduru's Cagayan-Apayao Forces. Northern Luzon Commander under Thorp. [1] : 36  Captured in Apayao in July 1943; [3] : 226  executed in Manila, December 1944. [34]
Charles PutnamMining engineer who received an emergency commission as a Captain, and then recruited guerrillas in the Lingayen Gulf area. [1] : 57  [1]
Edwin Price Ramsey US Army Lieutenant and guerrilla leader on Luzón of 13,000-14,000 men. [1] : 226  Commanding a 27-man platoon, mostly of 'G' Troop, of the 26th Cavalry Regiment, Philippine Scouts, [35] ordered the US Cavalry's last horse-mounted charge, 16 January 1942, in Moróng, Bataán. [36] Commander of East Central Luzon Guerrilla Area. Took over Thorp's region after the capture of Thorp and Barker, which included Pierce Wade [1] : 56, 111  Recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross and the Philippine Legion of Honor. Ramsey was succeeded by Colonel Mario Pamintuan as Commander of guerrilla forces in northwest Pampanga, [1] : 18  when Major Ramsey moved his central headquarters to the vicinity of Manila. [1] : 63  [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42]
Royal ReynoldsMajor, Philippine Scouts, US Army. Commander, 3rd Battalion, Provisional Regiment of Philippine Scouts, which operated in Zambales Mountains.
Iliff David Richardson US Navy ensign, wartime US Army Major, guerrilla intelligence officer in the Visayan Islands and Chief-of-Staff under guerrilla Colonel Ruperto Kangleon. [43]
Grafton SpencerPrivate, commanded the 2nd Battalion of the 66th Infantry under Calvert, but killed by the Japanese in April 1944. [5] : 149  [5]
Jack Spies 26th Cavalry Regiment captain who joined Claude Thorp's Luzon Guerrilla Force as Commander of Southern Luzon. [1] : 35–36  Killed by Japanese. [1]
Joseph St. JohnOne of Richardson's guerrilla radio operators on Leyte. [43] : 170  [44]
Hugh StraughnUS Army retired Colonel. Organised Fil-American Irregular Troops (FAIT) which operated in Rizál. Executed by the Japanese August 1943. [1] : 63  [1]
Herbert SwickCivilian gold mining engineer who evaded the Japanese, and then joined the guerrillas in October 1942. Captured in early 1943, he escaped and joined the USAFIP-NL in April 1943. [45] : 553  [45]
Claude A. ThorpUS Army Lieutenant Colonel. Provost Marshal, Fort Stotsenburg. [1] : 13  Assigned by MacArthur to conduct intelligence operations in the Zambales Mountains during the Battle of Bataan. Formed Luzon Guerrilla Force after the fall of Bataán with his secretary and lover, Herminia Dizon or "Minang". [1] : 14  Captured on 29 October 1942, 30 km west of Tarlac ( Nom de guerre was Crabtree), [3] : 68–72, 134  along with his radioman Bill Brooks. [1] : 54  Bayoneted to death by the Kempeitai at Manila North Cemetery on 2 October 1943. [3] : 183  [2]
Carlyle TownswickGuerrilla on Mindanáo. [46]
Russell William Volckmann US Army officer, Philippine Commonwealth Army Regimental Officer in the Battle of Bataan. Escaped through Japanese lines with Blackburn. Became the Commander of United States Army Forces in the Philippines - Northern Luzon, with 22,000 men by the end of the war. [1] : 226  He sought to bring the other guerrilla organizations on Luzón under his command, but was resisted by other Commanders, notably Robert Lapham. [1] : 112–113  Korean War special operations officer. Post-war, authored US Army field manuals on guerrilla warfare. [47] With Aaron Bank and Wendell Fertig, co-founder of the US Army Special Forces. [48] [49]
Everett WarnerMajor who operated a radio in Northern Luzon, but surrendered [1] : 35, 140  after the Fall of Corregidor. [5] : 130  [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 Lapham, R., and Norling, B., 1996, Lapham's Raiders, Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, ISBN   0813119499.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lapham, R., and Norling, B., 1996, Lapham's Raiders, Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, ISBN   0813119499
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Harkins, P., 1956, Blackburn's Headhunters, London: Cassell & Co. LTD
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Hunt, Ray & Bernard Norling, 1986, Behind Japanese Lines: An American Guerrilla in the Philippines, University of Kentucky Press, ISBN   0-8131-1604-X
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Volckmann, Russell, 1954, We Remained: three years behind enemy lines in the Philippines, New York: W.W. Norton, ISBN   9780393350227
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Mills, S.A., 2009, Stranded in the Philippines, Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, ISBN   9781591144977
  7. ↑ Mills, Scott, Stranded in the Philippines, Naval Institute Press, 2009.
  8. ↑ Smith, Steven Trent, 2001, The Rescue: a true story of courage and survival in World War II, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley. ISBN   0-471-41291-0. ISBN   0-471-42351-3
  9. ↑ Harkins, Philip, Blackburn's Headhunters, New York: W.W. Norton, 1955.
  10. ↑ http://www.dixiestones.net/details.php/listing/28
  11. 1 2 3 Schaefer, Chris, 2004, Bataan Diary, Houston: Riverview, 2004. ISBN   0-9761084-0-2
  12. ↑ William Bowen
  13. ↑ "James Carrington Biography". Archived from the original on 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  14. ↑ photo & reunion video
  15. ↑ The Times-Picayune
  16. ↑ Citation
  17. ↑ Welch, Bob, 2012, Resolve, New York: Berkley Caliber, 2012.
  18. ↑ Cebu Guerrillas in WW 2 Archived 2013-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ↑ Maj. Walter M. Cushing
  20. ↑ Decker, Malcolm, On a Mountainside: the 155th Provisional Guerrilla Battalion against the Japanese on Luzon, Las Cruces, New Mexico: Yucca Tree Press, 2004. ISBN   978-1881325741.
  21. 1 2 3 Hunt, Ray & Bernard Norling, 1988, Behind Japanese Lines: An American guerrilla in the Philippines, Pocket Books. ISBN   0-671-64960-4
  22. ↑ "Instituting a reign of terror and persecution, Fenton engaged in a series of reckless and injudicious actions which alienated many of his officers. On 15 September he was tried and executed and his command was reorganized." -Guerrilla Activities in the Philippines Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
  23. ↑ Mills, Scott, Stranded in the Philippines: Professor Bell's private war against the Japanese, Naval Institute Press, 2009. ISBN   9781591144977. ISBN   9789711005191.
  24. ↑ Keats, J., 1963, They Fought Alone, New York:J.B. Lippincott Company
  25. ↑ Keats, John, They Fought Alone: a true story of a modern American hero, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1963; Pocket Books, 1965.
  26. ↑ Lukacs, John, 2010, Escape From Davao: the forgotten story of the most daring prison break of the Pacific War, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010; NAL Trade, 2011. ISBN   0451234103.
  27. ↑ Hartendorp, A.V.H. (1967), The Japanese Occupation of the Philippines, Volume 2, Bookmark: Manila, pages 589-593
  28. ↑ Haggerty, Edward, Guerrilla Padre in Mindanao, New York: Longmans, Green, 1946.
  29. ↑ Hawkins, Jack, Never Say Die , Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1961.
  30. ↑ Rudi, Norman, 2003, Lang: the WWII story of an American guerrilla on Mindanao, Philippine Islands, McMillen, 2003. ISBN   1-888223-52-9
  31. ↑ "A Choctaw Leads the Guerrillas". Indians in the War 1945. Naval History and Heritage Command.
  32. ↑ Mellnik, Steve, Philippine Diary 1939-1945, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1969.
  33. ↑ Panlilio, Yay, The Crucible, New York: Macmillan, 1950; New Brunswick: Rutgers, 2010.
  34. ↑ Norling, Intrepid Guerrillas of North Luzon.
  35. ↑ ordered by General Wainwright to retake Morong from the Japanese
  36. ↑ "It is not hyperbolic to contend that without the 26th's delaying actions on Luzon -a textbook and innovative campaign studied in modern war colleges- MacArthur might never have had the time to escape the Philippines..." -Peter Stevens
  37. ↑ Official Website of Edwin Price Ramsey
  38. ↑ excerpts
  39. ↑ Stevens, Peter, 2011, The Twilight Riders: the last charge of the 26th Cavalry, Guilford, Connecticut: Lyons, Globe Pequot.
  40. ↑ Ramsey & Rivele, 1990, Lieutenant Ramsey's War, New York: Knightsbridge, 1990; Washington DC: Potomac, 1990; Washington: Brassey's, 1996.
  41. ↑ Schaefer, Chris, 2004, Bataan Diary, Houston: Riverview, 2004.
  42. ↑ Ongpauco, Fidel, "Colonel Edwin Ramsey: Great 'defender' of Bataan," in Bulletin Today, 16 Mar 1982.
  43. 1 2 Wolfert, I., 1945, American Guerrilla in the Philippines, New York: Simon and Schuster
  44. ↑ Leyte Calling.
  45. 1 2 Smith, R.R., 2005, Triumph in the Philippines, Honolulu: University Press of the Pacific, ISBN   1410224953.
  46. ↑ In 1971, Townswick received a heart transplant and was one of the first to undergo a successful procedure; he died in 1978.
  47. ↑ Operations Against Guerrilla Forces and Organization and Conduct of Guerrilla Warfare
  48. ↑ Volckmann, Russell, We Remained.
  49. ↑ Guardia, Mike, American Guerrilla.

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The Battle of Bessang Pass was a major battle during the Philippines Campaign of World War II. It was fought from 9 January through 15 June 1945 in Cervantes, a municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, located 382 kilometres (237 mi) north of Manila. The area serves as a gateway to the Cordillera mountains and the city of Baguio. Bessang Pass was a stronghold of the Japanese imperial forces under Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, known as the “Tiger of Malaya” and conqueror of Singapore. It was part of the triangular defense of General Yamashita in the north, namely the Balete Pass, Villaverde Trail and Bessang Pass, guarding the Ifugao-Benguet-Vizcaya borders. Its fall at the hands of the United States Army Forces in the Philippines - Northern Luzon (USAFIP-NL) on June 14, 1945 paved the way for the entrapment of Yamashita’s forces in the Cordillera until the general’s surrender in September 1945.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samuel Grashio</span> United States Army Air Forces officer

Samuel Charles Grashio was a United States Army Air Forces pilot who was captured by the Japanese in World War II. He survived the Bataan Death March and participated in the only successful mass escape from a Japanese prison camp.

Ray C. Hunt was a staff sergeant in the United States Army Air Forces stationed at Nichols Field in the Philippines at the beginning of World War II, under the command of Ed Dyess. After the surrender at Bataan, where he fought as an infantryman, he was forced to take the Bataan Death March with many other American and Filipinos. During the March, he escaped and fled into the hills. He eventually became a noted guerrilla leader on Luzon, where he served for three years behind Japanese lines. Hunt was promoted to captain by guerrilla leaders during that time.

Col. Salvador Abcede was the leader of the anti-Japanese guerrilla group on Negros. He operated in the mountains of Tanjay, Negros Oriental and later moved to the mountains of Dumaguete by the invitation of Silliman University ROTC group who also joined the soldiers under the USAFFE 71st Division during the Japanese Invasion and led guerrilla moves against the Japanese.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Philippine resistance against Japan</span> Organized guerilla group in World War II

During the Japanese occupation of the islands in World War II, there was an extensive Philippine resistance movement, which opposed the Japanese and their collaborators with active underground and guerrilla activity that increased over the years. Fighting the guerrillas – apart from the Japanese regular forces – were a Japanese-formed Bureau of Constabulary, the Kenpeitai, and the Makapili. Postwar studies estimate that around 260,000 people were organized under guerrilla groups and that members of anti-Japanese underground organizations were more numerous. Such was their effectiveness that by the end of World War II, Japan controlled only twelve of the forty-eight provinces.

The United States Army Forces in the Philippines – Northern Luzon or United States Armed Forces in the Philippines – Northern Luzon (USAFIP-NL) was the military and guerrilla organization active in the Philippines after the Japanese occupation. It was made up of United States Army and Philippine Army soldiers, reservists and civilian volunteers.

Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Price Ramsey was a United States Army officer and guerrilla leader during the World War II Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Early in the war, he led the last American cavalry charge in military history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edward E. McClish</span> American WWII army officer (1909–1993)

Edward Ernest McClish (1909-1993) was an American military officer in the Philippines in World War II. During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, Lt. Colonel McClish commanded a division of Filipino guerrillas on Mindanao island.

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