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The Raid on Los Baños (Filipino: Pagsalakay sa Los Baños) in the Philippines, early Friday morning on 23 February 1945, was executed by a combined United States Army Airborne and Filipino guerrilla task force, resulting in the liberation of 2,147 Allied civilian and military internees from an agricultural school campus turned Japanese internment camp.
After the execution of Imperial Japanese Army General Tomuyuki Yamashita in Laguna, Philippines in 1946 [14] and the formal establishment of the post-World War II Philippines government, capital punishment was mainly used as an "anti-crime" measure during the widespread crime that dominated the Philippines leading to the declaration of martial ...
Detailed narratives, from documents, about his conduct as commander in Los Baños, his trial, his incarceration and execution, and the misinformation about his fate are available in Henderson, Bruce, 2015, Rescue at Los Baños: the most daring prison camp raid of World War II, New York: William Morrow, HarperCollins, 2015. ISBN 978-0-06-232506-8.
2017) September 15 – Evelyn Fuentebella, Filipino Mayor; September 16 – Carlos Dominguez III, businessman and former chief executive of Philippine Airlines (d. 2021) September 30 – Victor Ziga, Member of the Senate of the Philippines; October 7 – Ross Rival, Filipino actor (d. 2007) October 26 – Vicente del Rosario Jr., Filipino media ...
Matina Pangi, Davao City numerous [47] Barrio Tapal Massacre 30 June-4 July 1945 Barrio Tapal, Gonzaga, Cagayan: more than 200 noncombatants killed [47] Consuelo Massacre April 1946: Consuelo, Macabebe, Pampanga: Unknown Community was shelled by the military believing it to be a hideout of the Huks [48] Masico Massacre November 27, 1947: Masico ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. Municipality in Laguna, Philippines For the city in Merced County, California, see Los Banos, California. Municipality in Calabarzon, Philippines Los Baños Municipality Municipality of Los Baños From top, left to right: Mount Makiling, Los Baños Municipal Hall, Tadlac lake, Paciano ...
General Tomoyuki Yamashita was the commander of the Japanese Imperial Army in the Philippines in 1944. He was incarcerated while undergoing trial for war crimes committed during the Japanese Occupation and was eventually executed by hanging in Los Baños, Laguna on February 23, 1946. [52] Jonel Nuezca, perpetrator of the 2020 Tarlac shooting ...
Antonio Leyza Sanchez [5] (May 10, 1946 – March 27, 2021) was a Filipino politician who served as mayor of Calauan, Laguna from 1980 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1993. He is the convicted mastermind in the murders of Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez, both students of the University of the Philippines, Los Baños (UPLB), in 1993.