Masilungan's Request for Investigation of Anomalous Roster, November 1945

1. The roster of the troops of the 1^st Regiment, Fil-American Guerrillas, as submitted to that office for recognition, does not represent the real members of the unit who actually took active part in the organization. Men who actually fought, suffered and died in the field prior to and during the liberation of Batangas against the enemy unfortunately are not included in the roster. It will be a great injustice to the men who have written their names in blood along the creeks of Batangas if their sacrifices are allowed to be misrepresented. (Roster of troops attached Incl. No. 1)

2. The roster includes names of men and women who have done nothing to justify themselves as members of any guerrilla unit except, perhaps, to secure for themselves benefits and privileges by fraudulent means. (See attached, Incl. No. 2)

3. The undersigned, as the actual organizer and leader of more than seven hundred men in San Jose, Batangas, representing the 4^th Battalion, has under his command the true rosters who actually fought, suffered and died in the field fighting against the enemy. All of these men will bear witness to actual facts.

4. In justice to the men who fought, suffered and died in the field, and in justice to the government of the United States of America and to the Filipino people as a whole, it is requested that a thorough investigation of facts be made as regards this erroneous roster of troops of the 1^st Regiment, Fil-American Guerrillas, as submitted to that office for recognition, so that fraudulent enlisted men can be prevented.