Tomas Confesor, Filipino Hero and Patriot
The Heroic Record of Tomas Confesor
Japanese lands in Oton and Capiz
USAFFE scorched earth
Japanese lands in San Jose, Antique
Lieut. Col. Yasumi Seno garrisons Panay
Col. Allen Thayer lands on Cabatuan Airfield
USAFFE signs surrender instrument
USAFFE surrenders
Amirang, Cabatuan Ambush, Aug. 24 1942
Banguit, Cabatuan Ambush, Aug. 26 1942
Bacan, Cabatuan Ambush, Aug. 26 1942
Lieut Col Ryoichi Tozuka arrives in Panay, Dec. 1942
Tomas Confesor letter to Dr. Caram, Feb. 20 1943
Ambush of Lt. Gen. Shizuichi Tanaka, Feb. 20 1943
Start of Punitive Expeditions, July 7 1943
Japanese go after Tomas Confesor
Tomas Confesor nearly captured by the Japanese
Japanese capture the daughter of Patricio Confesor
Calayo, Cabatuan Massacre, Aug. 17 1943
Japanese penetrate 4 Cabatuan barrios, Aug. 30 1943
Japanese threaten Juez de Cuchillo, Aug. 30 1943
Garrido discusses surrender, to avoid Juez de Cuchillo
Meeting of Barrio Tenientes at Tuy-an Sept 3 1943
Cabatuan town surrenders to the Japanese, Sept 6 1943
Japanese install Cabatuan town officials, Sept 7 1943
Fermin Caram letter to Tomas Confesor, Sept 13 1943
Three Cabatuananons arrested by the Japanese
Florentino Jiloca investigated by Japanese, Nov. 12 1943
Inabasan, Cabatuan Massacre, Dec. 24 1943
Tigbauan, Cabatuan Massacre, Feb. 15 1944
2 Cabatuananons held at Iloilo High School, Jun. 24 1944
Florentino Jiloca letter to Mayor P. Reguera, Dec 9 1944
Puyas, Cabatuan Massacre, Mar. 20 1945
Andres Bonifacio Statue at Old Oton, Iloilo Church
Japanese Forces withdrawal to the mountains of Iloilo
Japanese Civilian Mass Suicide
Toshiko Oshiro (Librada Catalan-Subano) in Cabatuan
The Fighting at Bucari in April-May 1945
Lt. John J. Martin
Surrender Negotiations
Surrender Signing Ceremony at Cabatuan Airfield
Cabatuananon Guerrillas
WW2 Veterans Association and Memorial
Testimony of 2nd Lieut Hajime Fujii
Testimony of Jose B. Dimzon
The Early Days of Resistance in Cabatuan, Iloilo
Japanese Occupation of Cabatuan, Iloilo
Rays of a Setting Sun, book relaunching
Ang Tigbatas Reenactment Group
40th Infantry Division History
The Blood and Mud in the Philippines
Tracing the Roots of the Nikkeijin of Panay
Opening of Peace Memorial Museum at Balantang
Shun Ohno Visits Japanese Suicide Site
Surrender of Iloilo's Fil-Am Troops to the Jap Forces
Japanese units take vital Visayan ports
61st Field Artillery in Cabatuan - There Were Others
Lieut. Col. John L. Lewis, 61st Field Artillery Regiment
Filipino/American Evacuees on submarine USS Angler
Report of M-Sgt. Isidoro D. Dacquel
Memoir of Albert Whitehead
Confesor appointed Secretary of the Interior
Seizure of Panay
Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush
Liberation of Panay
Blitzkrieg to Cabatuan by the 2nd Bn 160th U.S. Inf Regt
Victims of Massacres in Cabatuan, Iloilo
Lieut. Col. Ryoichi Totsuka Letter to his Family
Lt. Col. Ryoichi Tozuka
- Commanding Officer of the Japanese forces in Panay Island, signed the surrender instrument at the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945.
Lt. Toshimi Kumai
- Japanese officer, attended the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at
Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945. Wrote his memoir "The Blood and Mud in the Philippines, Anti-Guerrilla Warfare in Panay Island"
Col. Raymund G. Stanton
- Commanding Officer of the 160th U.S. Infantry Regiment, received the surrender at the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at
Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945.
Col. Leonard E. Echols
- Commanding Officer of the 185th U.S. Infantry Regiment, attended the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at
Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945.
T-Sgt Terno Odow
- The Japanese-American translator, the Nisei Linguist, at the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at
Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945.
Herman E. Bulling
- His Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon provided the Honor Guard at the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945.
Kenneth R. Goodwin
- Honor Guard at the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945. Gave water to a wounded Japanese soldier surrenderee who gave him a Japanese flag in return.
Curt Ittner
- Honor Guard at the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945.
T-Sgt Moffet M. Ishikawa
- Japanese-American translator, Nisei Linguist, at the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at
Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945.
Brig. Gen. Donald J. Myers
- Commanding General of the 40th Division, attended the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at
Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945.
Rear Admiral Ralph O. Davis
- Commanding Admiral of the 13th Amphibious Group, attended the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at
Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945.
Capt. Bob O. Mathews, USN
- Captain of USS Estes, the flagship of the 13th Amphibious Group, attended the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at
Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945.
Norman Lindenberg
- Crew of USS Estes, the flagship of the 13th Amphibious Group, attended the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at
Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945.
Capt. Elisio D. Rio
- Commanded the Filipino Honor Company at the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at
Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945.
Brig. Gen. Robert O. Shoe
- Assistant Commanding General of the 40th Division, donated photos of the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at
Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945 to the California Military Museum.
Frank Patrick
- Took photos of the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at
Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945.
Lt. Kenneth Rodriguez
- Took photos of the Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony at
Cabatuan Airfield on Sept. 2 1945.
Sadayoshi Ishikawa
Capt. Kaneyuki Koike
Wendell L. Baldwin - 160th Infantry Regiment. Killed in action at Bucari on May 14 1945.
Dudley D. Holt - 160th Infantry Regiment. Killed in action at Bucari on May 16 1945.