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An outstanding reference for any study of the ROTC Hunter's Guerrillas are books written by one of the earliest, and arguably most prominent, Filipino military historians, Colonel Uldarico S. Baclagon. This section is taken from his books Filipino Heroes of World War II, and Military History of the Philippines.
 
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The Beginning

When war broke out in the Philippines, some 300 Philippine Military Academy and ROTC cadets, unable to join the USAFEE units because of their youth, banded themselves together with a common desire to contribute to the war effort throughout the Bataan campaign. The "ROTC lads", as they were referred to, did their bit to protect the civilians and to assist the USAFEE forces by way of intelligence and propaganda.

After surrender of American and Philippine forces on Bataan, and organized resistance ceased, the entire group went up to the Antipolo mountains, bringing with them arms secured from civilians and USAFEE stragglers, and began calling themselves the Hunters.

The Hunters originally conducted operations with another guerrilla group called Marking's Guerrillas, with whom they went about liquidating Japanese spies. Led by Miguel Ver, a PMA cadet, the Hunters raided the enemy-occupied Union College in Manila and siezed 130 Enfield rifles.

 

 
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