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The Resistance:
Counter Propaganda
Crudely
made leaflet,
dated
August 1944, from the
“CHIEF,
PROPAGANDA / UNIT,
E
C G L A” urging the Filipinos to be
“BEWARE
OF THE JAPANESE PROPAGANDA”
as
the “Independence offered by Japan
is
FAKE and DECEITFUL”.
The
last paragraph reads:
“Let
us all in unison proclaim and
reiterate
our solemn pledge of loyalty
to
the United States of America.
ONLY
NATION that can restore
back
our freedom lost and can
redeem
us from Japan as promised
by
her great president Roosevelt.”
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SOUTHERN
CEBU FORCES
Postal
and telegraph service of the Southern Cebu Forces in operation between
November
1942 until about April 1943, when Japanese Imperfial Forces
over-run
the towns of BADIAN, BARILI, DUMANJUG, MOALBOAL,
OSLOB
and PINAMUNGAJAN.
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2
Centavos
Reported
quantity: 150,000 stamps
Canceled
MOALBOAL
/ MAR 11 (1943)
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4
Centavos
Reported
quantity: 100,000 stamps
Canceled
MOALBOAL
/ APR 8 (1943)
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BADIAN
to MOALBOAL
18 MARCH (1943)
Partial
BADIAN / CEBU postmark on 2c SCF stamp.
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Webmaster
notation:
In
1996, I had the opportunity to visit the towns of Barili, Moalboal
and Oslob and was able to talk to World War II residents of the said towns.
Having lived in Cebu until 1972, thus conversant in the Cebuano dialect
I
was informed by the residents, majority were personally introduced to me
by my friends, that a resistance movement did exist during the war. However,
none of them was aware of the existence of the so called Southern Cebu
Forces stamp issue. |
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