Japanese Surrendered at Malaybalay
I didn't know that the Japanese surrender on Mindanao was at Malaybalay - which is where the final Japanese contingent was cornered.
Go to this page and flip through the photos and comments by clicking on the small image in the upper right margin to browse through.
The ceremonies were at Camp Casisang. Our place is in Barangay Casisang, on a hill just above the camp.
And of course, the Sayre HIghway is the road we take to Cagayan de Oro and down toward the turnoff to Davao; so we travel up and down this highway frequently in both directions. The 1945 pictures look so familiar.
These photos were taken from this weblog site. The link takes you to Chapter 2 and you can go forward and backward through all the chapters about Malaybalay during the war.
