Around the latter part of December, 1944, even before the appearance of the U.S. planes above the town, we witnessed the almost daily execution of innocent civilians, men, women, and children, back of the Elementary School Building, which was converted into a Jap garrison, close to our house. The dividing line between our house and […]
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1994 Memoir – 131. Rounding Up Of Men In Town
After the appearance of U.S. planes on Rizal Day, there were tense feelings in town, with rumors that the Americans were very near. Then one early morning a group of men led by a Jap soldier and Constabulary soldiers stopped in front of our house. The Japanese motioned me to join them and one B.C. […]
1994 Memoir – 130. Japs In Town
Major Susuki, the Battalion Commander, was very kind to us. He gave our kids biscuits and shared his food with us. He said that he had a bicycle store in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, before the war. All the time he was a Jap spy in the Philippines then. It shows that Japan had plans of […]