Certifications Submitted by the 6th Inf McKinley Div to the US Army with Its Application for Recognition

I, PEDRO PASIA, Filipino citizen, 58 years of age, married, residing at Cuenca, Batangas, Lt. Colonel and Commanding Officer of the 5^th Bn. 1^st Infantry Regiment, Folsom’s Fil-American Irregular Troops, after being duly sworn according to law depose and say:

That I personally know DOMINADOR ENCARNADO as one of the organizers of the 6^th Infantry Straughn Fil-American Irregular Troops stationed in Lemery, Batangas with the rank Major;

That subject Major Encarnado and his men fought side by side with the 158^th R.C.T.; the 11^th A.B. Division and with my own men in the liberation of the Maculot Mt. area and adjacent locality where Japanese concentrations were found from 10 March 1945 to August 1945;

That I also know of the courage and heroism displayed by his unit in the mopping up operations for the complete liberation of the locality above-mentioned from the hands of the enemy.

FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NONE.

[Sgd.] PEDRO PASIA, Lt. Col

[Sgd.] Bibiano Holgado

[Sgd.] Justino Pasia

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20^th day of October 1946 at Cuenca, Batangas. Affiant exhibited to me his ASN 0-48337 in lieu of his Residence Certificate.

[Sgd.] LUIS LIMBO

I, Iluminada Hernandez, of legal age, single and a medical practitioner of Lemery, Batangas, after being duly sworn according to law, depose and say:

1. That I know Demetrio Villanueva;

2. That on 5 June 1943, he killed two Japanese guards at the Lemery-Taal Bridge with bayonet thrusts of the Japanese’s rifle which he wrested from one of the Japanese guards;

3. That on 7 June 1943, he was captured by a Japanese posse which was sent to capture him in barrio Boboy, San Luis, Batangas;

4. That because he was captured by the Japanese, he was never taken to any hospitals for treatment of bodily harm inflicted upon him by the Japanese immediately after capture;

5. That on 7 June 1943, he was taken by the Japanese to Batangas, Batangas and apparently executed, as he was never seen again;

6. That I know him to have been a guerrilla of the Fil-American Irregular Troops (Straughn) McKinley Brigade, operating in Lemery, Batangas at the time he was killed by the Japanese;

7. That I am not related to Demetrio Villanueva nor am I interested in the claim.

In witness hereof, I hereby set my hand this 18^th day of July 1946 at Lemery, Batangas.

[Sgd.] DR. ILUMINADA HERNANDEZ

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21^st day of July 1946 at Lemery, Batangas. Affiant exhibited to me her Residence Certificate No. A1006153, issued at Lemery, Batangas on July 16, 1946.

[Sgd.] MARTIN A. BISCOCHO

I, Leon Sangalang, of legal age, married and resident of Lemery, Batangas, after being duly sworn according to law, depose and say:

1. That I know Demetrio Villanueva;

2. That on 5 June 1943, he killed two Japanese guards with bayonet thrusts of the rifle which he wrested from one of the Japanese guards stationed at the Lemery Bridge;

3. That, as a consequence of the act, he was captured by a Japanese posse on 6 June 1943 in barrio Boboy, San Luis and brought to Lemery;

4. That on 7 June 1943, he was taken to Batangas, Batangas and apparently executed as he was never seen again;

5. That, according to information furnished me by Rosario Villanueva, elder sister of Demetrio Villanueva, he was a member of the Fil-American Irregular Troops (Straughn) 6^th Infantry McKinley Brigade operating in Lemery when he was killed by the Japanese;

6. That I am not related to Demetrio Villanueva nor am I interested in the claim.

In witness whereof, I hereby set my hand this 19^th day of July 1946 at Lemery, Batangas.

[Sgd.] LEON SANGALANG

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24^th day of July 1946. Affiant exhibited to me his Residence Certificate No. A-982600, issued at Lemery, Batangas on Feb. 14, 1946.

[Sgd.] MARTIN A. BISCOCHO

Lemery, Batangas
10 September 1946

SUBJECT TO

: CERTIFICATION. : WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

I certify that the guerrillas who participated in the 158^th Division, U.S. Army in the liberation of the town of Mabini, Batangas on March 7, 1946, which lasted for a week, were guerrillas from the 6^th Infantry, McKinley Division FAIT, in Lemery, Batangas. They had fought side by side with the Blue Eagle in the liberation of the town of Mabini.

That the 6^th Infantry, McKinley Brigade, FAIT, was duly organized since 1942, and has operated intensively from the time of its organization up to the landing of the American Liberating Forces. That they maintained sufficient numbers of men in the field, harassing the Japanese day and night; and their saboteurs, intelligence and propaganda activities contributed materially to the eventual defeat of the enemy in the Province of Batangas.

That I have the full knowledge of the activities of this unit for I was a former member of the Fil-American Irregular Troops, under Colonel Hugh Straughn, U. S. Army Retired Officer.

[Sgd.] PERPETUO L. VENTURANZA

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