CEBU ISLAND GUERRILLAS
JAPANESE CLAIM CAPTURE 1 NEW YORK, May 30.’ lieutenant-colonel Jacosalem, commander of the Filipino and American forces on Cebu Island, and nine Allied officers surrendered to the Japanese, according to an announcement broadcast by Manila radio. Lieutenant-colonel Jacosalem has participated in guerrilla operations against the Japanese since September, 1942, maintaining contact with similar forced on other islands by radio. Japanese troops have been mopping up Visaya district, Cebu, since May 1. The radio added that a few Ameri-can-organised troops from the Moro tribe were still resisting the Japanese.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25240, 1 June 1943, Page 3
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