On 14 Jan 1943 the submarine uss gudgeon landed a party of six men, led by then Major Jesus Villamor, with ton of supplies at Catman Point, brgy. Bacuyangan, Hinoba-an, neg. Occ. to assist the local guerrillas in their resistance efforts against the Japanese forces. It was the first landing in Philippine waters since the allied forces had surrendered on 9 April the year before. (On 3 May 1942, three days before the surrender of Corregidor, the submarine Spearfish evacuated six Armny officers, six Navy officers, 11 Army nurses, one Navy nurse and one civilian woman from that island.)
Courtesy: Mayor Daph V. Reliquias
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