The War in Cebu

By Resil B. Mojares, David Taylor, David Colamaria, J. Eleazar R. Bersales (Author)

Quick Overview

Fourteen chapters in 260 pages with nearly five hundred images of sacrifice, suffering and despair, but also of resistance and triumph. World War II as it happened in Cebu.(From the Preface) To mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Japanese occupation, the University of San Carlos Press (now known as USC Publishing House) presents the illustrated chronicle of World War II in Cebu.The book contains fourteen chapters about the war, starting with the Japanese invasion and the brutal occupation that followed until the eventful American liberation, the formal Japanese surrender at Barangay Caduawan in Tabogon and the aftermath of the war. A supplement, showing a then-and now imagery of structures that witnessed and survived the war tot his day ends the book.The publication of this book was made possible with many never-before-seen photographs from the various archives of the US Army and Navy which were later deposited at the US National Archives.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Resil B. Mojares is Professor Emeritus at the University of San Carlos, where he was founding director (1973-1996) of the university's Cebuano Studies Center. He has been visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of California-Los Angeles, University of Hawaii, Kyoto University and National University of Singapore. He has received numerous local, national and international honors for his books and scholarly contributions.David Taylor is a retired Colonel, Special Forces, US Army Reserve. He served four tears in active duty, including combat in the Vietnam War with the Americal Army Division, where he was wounded twice, and twenty-two years in the Army Reserve in special operations and counter-terrorism. He is Airbourne, Ranger and Special Forces qualified. Taylor is an author, historian and publisher, specializing in military in military history about WWII int he Pacific Theater and the Vietnam War. His book about his infantry and remembrance have been published in many USA national magazines. Colonel Taylor is the World War II Historian for the Americal Division Veterans Association.David Colamaria is an Archivist for the United States Navy. His grnadfather, Edward Monahan, served as Frist Sergeant for Company G of the 182nd Infantry Regiment during the liberation of Cebu.Valeriano Segura Avila, "Bobit" to friends, writes a column for The Philippine Star and The Freeman, which, in between his incisive political views, tackle forgotten episodes of Wrold War II in Cebu. In 2013, his columns bagged him the "Best Opinion Writer for 2013" award in the 4th Journalism Awards of the Rotary Club of Manila. The Rotary Club also presented him with the "Tourism Award for Print Media" on Skycable, which won for him the "Best Talk Show Host" in the 2005 Cebu Archdiocesan Mass Media Awards (CAMMA). The following year, the Province of Cebu gave him its Garbo sa Sugbo Award. Bobit is a proud grandson and namesake of Capt. Valeriano Segura, the father of war historian and guerilla leader Manuel S. Segurra.J. Eleazar R. Bersales was the head of University of San Carlos Press (now known as USC Publishing House). An archeologist by profession, he dabbles in history from time to time in his weekly column "Past Forward" in Cebu Daily News and "Kabilin", a Cebuano heritage documentary which aired on the now defunct SuboTV. "Jobers", as he is known to friends, studied both in the Philippines as well in the United States and Germany, and was a graduate research fellow at the National University of Singapore. He also spent time in Japan in 2011 as a grantee of the Sumitome Foundation. Two of the coffee table books he has authored to co-authored have won national recognition.