Marking Guerrillas | |
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Active | 1942–1945 |
Country | Philippines |
Allegiance | Philippine Commonwealth United States |
Role | Resistance movement |
Engagements | World War II |
The Marking Guerrillas were a Filipino guerrilla army that took part in the anti-Japanese resistance during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II. Headed by Colonel Marcos V. "Marking" Agustin and Valeria "Yay" Panlilio, the army is most well known for carrying out the capture of former Philippine president Emilio Aguinaldo during his collaboration with Japan, as well as the unit's role in the battle to capture the Ipo Dam from the Japanese.