The Filipino Guerilla {WWII}

[Lorenzo]

This is a powerful video. To hear from the Filipino perspective.

God Bless the Filipino soldier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf5seQcXpZc&feature=related

[fdaray]

So wonderful vedio. I remembered my father who was a  USAFFE, a " death marcher".

[Lorenzo]

I salute your father!

My lolo was part of the bolo batallion. In valencia, they had their share of 'face to face' combat. Or as what my lolo called the Japanese, "mga Haps"

[glacier_71]

they say war then was far better than now because, before, they knew who their enemies are. if a man was bow-legged, it's japanese. now, enemies are harder to identify.

[TOPAC]

do you guys still remember this phrase we used when we were still kids?

"hapa kay nay hapon, tindog kay nay kaon"

[glacier_71]

naa poy laing storya, bay calle, ingon tong akong silingan:

sa panahon sa gyera, gipangrak-rakan sa mga japon ang mga pinoy, hurot ang mga pinoy
pero, bawos pod ang mga pinoy, rak-rakan pod ang mga japon, hurot pod ang mga japon.
hahahaha

[TOPAC]

hahahaha

bantog ra sauna kay kung mag-gira-gira mi gamit mga pusil nga paw-wa sa lubi, maglalis pa jud kung napatay na ba ka kung maigo.

kay muingun man usahay nga natiil ra.

[windgate]

sa una moingon ta ug 'day tago kay naay hapon.  karon moingon na nga  'day gawas na diha kay niay hapon...hehehe

[fdaray]

Ang style sa away sa guirella is ambush ambush. Maghapa-hapa ra sila sa kakahoyan ug ilang pintikon ang moagi nga Hapon.

Ang mga Hapon mopaboto ug balos apan dili makaigo. Mokaratil na lang sila ug dagan.

[glacier_71]

Ang style sa away sa guirella is ambush ambush. Maghapa-hapa ra sila sa kakahoyan ug ilang pintikon ang moagi nga Hapon.

Ang mga Hapon mopaboto ug balos apan dili makaigo. Mokaratil na lang sila ug dagan.

nigamit ba pod sila og pana sa una, nong?

[willmerit]

matod pa sa ahung apuhan nga geurilla, kay scout man to siya sa una bayoneta man kuno ang gigamit sa mga hapon.  wa man ko kadungog nga naghisgot siya ug pana.

[fdaray]

Wa mauso ang pana kay 50 metros ra ang maabot. Lisod ig-on ang mg Hapon kay dili man sila moaway ug atubangay.

Bisag unsaon basta makapatay sila ug Hapon. Ang gigamit sa Hapon bayoneta . Ang
sa mga guirella sundang ug bunal.

[Lorenzo]

My grandfather, who was a Filipino guerilla, told me that when the Japanese invaded Bohol, they swept through Tagbilaran. And when they came to Valencia, there was a significant Filipino guerilla presence and pro-American group. The Japanese collected and captured the guerillas and Americans and had them line up in what is now present day Badjang Springs.

The Japanese summarily executed them all. And pushed their bodies off the cliff. Their bodies were never retrieved.

My Lolo was part of the bolo battalion, as he was in his late teens when the Japanese invaded. There are some stories that my lolo would not say, and he mentioned instances where he saw the Japs throw Filipinos babies in the air and catch them with their bayonets.

Japanese were also voracious rapists. Many Filipinas were used as sex slaves.

The Brutality of the Japanese.
That is how we were rewarded for our Pro-American stance.

God Bless all the veterans, who died for the Philippines.