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	Lubang Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The islands are well populated, and several villages are along the northeast coast of Lubang, as on the south of Cabra (abandoned since several years) and also a village on Golo Island.
		In the heavy woods of Lubang island, 1980 two Japanese soldier were discovered, thinking to be in WW II.
		The islands were discovered in the 16th century by Spain sailors, and claimbed for Spain in 1599.
	www.425dxn.org /dc3mf/lubang.html (358 words)

	Lubang Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lubang Island lies to the northwest of the northern end of Mindoro in the Philippines.
		Lubang Island, about 30 kilometers in length and 10 kilometers wide at some points, is the largest of a group of 4 large islands and numerous smallet islets.
		The islands are part of the province of Occidental Mindoro and are divided into two municipalities: Lubang and Looc.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lubang_island (276 words)

	Lubang Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Lubang Islang lies to the northwest of the end of Mindoro in the Philippines.
		Lubang Island about 30 kilometers in and 10 kilometers wide at some points the largest of a group of 4 islands and numerous smallet islets.
		Part of the recent history of the is the curious story of Onoda Hiroo a former Japanese army intelligence officer who was the Japanese soldier to surrender in World War II He hid in the jungles of Island when the Allies reclaimed the Philippines engaged in continuous guerilla warfare refusing to the war is over.
	www.freeglossary.com /Lubang (467 words)

	Lubang Island Port Terminal
		LUBANG ISLAND, Occidental Mindoro - On Monday, First Gentleman Jose Miguel T Arroyo led the inauguration of the passenger terminal building at the Lubang port, a strategic point of the Roll-on/Roll-off (RO-RO) Strong Republic Nautical Highway Mimaropa (Mindoro-Marinduque-Romblon-Palawan) route, which is expected to spur economic development in this island municipality.
		The Lubang port development, Cusi said, would open the island to Calatagan, Batangas; Abra de Ilog, San Jose, Coron and other municipalities of Occidental Mindoro; Calapan and other Oriental Mindoro provinces; Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao.
		Agricultural products of the island such as rice, vegetables and fruits like mangoes and bananas can be easily transported not only to Manila but to other areas as well.
	www.geocities.com /lubangisland/news2.html (337 words)

	Welcome to Pesocard.Com - Always There For You! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ambulong Island is also a jump-off point to some of the dive spots in the area such as the Iling Point, Baniaga Reef, Ambulong Bank, Dungan Reef, Sardines Reef, Apo Reef, and Manadi Island.
		On the west and north of Lubang Island is the vast South China Sea.
		The island is generally flat with golden hued sandy beaches on the southwestern part and magnificent rock formations along the east coast.
	www.pesocard.com /provinces/region4/occidentalmindoro/travel.html (1009 words)

	Japanese Holdouts: Registry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In February 1946 on 74 square mile Lubang Island, 70 miles southwest of Manila Bay a seven week campaign to clear the island was begun by the Filipino 341st and American 86th Division.
		The island's coast line is precipitous with landing beaches on the northern and western shore and a small sandy beach on the southwest shore.
		Island north of New Georgia that was held by the Japanese but by passed by September 1943.
	www.wanpela.com /holdouts/registry.html (3842 words)

	Faro de la Isla de Cabra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The lighthouse in the Island of Cabra situated to the north west corner of Lubang Island, which is under its jurisdiction guards the entrance to Manila Bay as well as the Verde Passage between the South China and Mindoro Seas.
		The need to erect a light station in the Island of Cabra was felt early on by the authorities due to the increasing traffic in and out of Manila Bay and the establishment of a first order lens on the island made sure that this heavily traversed route was made safe at all times.
		Similarly, due to the terrain, all buildings are relatively on level plain[3] unlike on the Island of Capones wherein the pavilion is elevated by almost three meters from the courtyard thereby giving the pavilion a commanding approach from the courtyard.
	www.sflu.com /lighthouses/CabraIsland-Text.htm (1168 words)

	VILLA ANNA PARADISE RESORT AND FARM - About Mindoro
		In 1570, the Spanish began to explore the island and named it "Mina de Oro" (mine of gold) after finding some of the precious metal, though no major gold discoveries were ever made.
		Early in the 17th century, the island was separated from Bonbon and orga- nized into a corregimiento.
		In 1902 the island of Lubang, which was formerly a part of Cavite, was annexed to Mindoro.
	www.villaannaparadiseresort.com /mindoro.htm (483 words)

	EdDLicious Forums - WWII soldiers found on island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		When Lt Onoda was found on the Philippines island of Lubang in 1974, he initially refused to surrender.
		One of these soldiers was Hiroo Onoda, age 23, who in 1944, had been sent to Lubang Island, 75 miles south of the Philippines capital Manila, to carry out guerilla and intelligence duties.
		Friends, relatives and old comrades visited the island to tell him that the war was over, and often he saw them or heard them through loud speakers.
	www.dellefemine.com /forums/showthread.php?t=260 (1101 words)

	Van E. Harl: Last To Surrender (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He was the Japanese solider who spent 30 years hiding in the hills of the Philippine Island, of Lubang.
		His first combat assignment was in December of 1944 to Lubang Island.
		What he really did was develop a thirty-year reign of terror on the inhabitants of Lubang Island.
	www.iwvpa.net /harlve/last_to_.htm (744 words)

	The Mangyans in Mindoro
		Occidental Mindoro is the western part of the island of Mindoro, south of Batangas.
		It is bounded on the north by the Calavite Passage, on the east by Oriental Mindoro, on the west by ApoEast Pass, and on the south by the Mindoro Strait.
		That was until migrants from nearby islands settled on the island.
	www.angelfire.com /mac/aye/mangyan.html (2581 words)

	The Straight Dope: Did some Japanese soldiers hold out for years after WWII? Plus: what's the origin of ...
		These men were thoroughly indoctrinated in the Bushido code, which held that it was better to die than to surrender--and by God, that's what they did.
		Two hundred Japanese soldiers were captured on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines in 1948, some others surrendered on an island north of Saipan in 1951, and a few hard-core types didn't surface until the 1970s and later.
		He had been stationed on Lubang Island in the Philippines when it was overrun by U.S. forces in February 1945.
	www.straightdope.com /columns/000310.html (988 words)

	Asia Finest Discussion Forum -> The Japanese soldier who wouldn't surrender
		In 1944, Lt. Hiroo Onoda was sent by the Japanese army to the remote Philippine island of Lubang.
		Once on the island of Lubang, Onoda was supposed to blow up the pier at the harbor and destroy the Lubang airfield.
		Having already hidden on the island for a year and with the only proof of the end of the war being this leaflet, Onoda and the others scrutinized every letter and every word on this piece of paper.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=21832 (2397 words)

	Lubang Island - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Philippines, World War II, Manila, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Lubang Island - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Philippines, World War II, Manila,...
		Lubang, Lubang Island, Island, Japan, Philippines, World War II, Manila, Onoda...
		Lubang covers the western half of Lubang Islang and Cabra Island, while Looc covers the remaining half of Lubang Island plus Ambil and Golo Islands.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Lubang.html (261 words)

	CNN - Former WWII soldier visits his Philippine hideout - May 26, 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		LUBANG, Philippines -- When World War II ended in 1945, a Japanese soldier stationed on the tiny Philippine island of Lubang refused to accept word of his nation's surrender.
		Last week, he revisited the island that was his home for so many years.
		The governor of the province that includes Lubang, Josephine Ramirez Sato, said by honoring Onoda, her people were announcing to everyone that all is forgiven.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9605/26/philippines.straggler (397 words)

	YoungHistorians Forum - Were the bombs justified? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Sangrayban was one of a group of soldiers who landed on the island in 1943 with orders not to surrender under any circumstances.
		He thought that American leaflets dropped over the island in 1945 declaring the war was over were a propaganda trick, so after his companions died he went native.
		According to one of the search party, "He has blocked out nearly all of his memories of pre-war Japan, but he still speaks an old-fashioned form of Japanese." He does not want to leave his sick wife and is unlikely to return to Japan.
	www.younghistorians.com /forum/showthread.php?p=3109#post3109 (1707 words)

	Asia Times - News and analysis from throughout Southeast Asia
		He said the president is determined to propel economic development in the provinces through faster and enhanced transportation of agricultural products as well as ease mobility of the people, which would enhance trade and catapult tourism in the country.
		To develop this island as a tourist destination, Arroyo has committed P300,000 for various tourism projects in the area.
		The Lubang port development, Cusi said, would open the island to Calatagan, Batangas; Abra de Ilog, San Jose, Coron and other municipalities of Occidental Mindoro; Calapan and other Oriental Mindoro provinces; Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Southeast_Asia/EK19Ae04.html (378 words)

	Sun.Star Cebu - Commentary: Japanese straggler’s book
		In March 1974, a Japanese officer surrendered to the Philippine Army on Lubang Island.
		What interested me most was how this man spent his 30 years on Lubang Island, his subsequent involvement with the people on the island and other Filipinos outside it and his feelings toward them.
		The book said he read letters from his family in Japan and Japanese newspapers brought by the parties but kept ignoring them believing they were a part of the enemy’s scheme.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ceb/2003/10/12/oped/hiroyuki.eguchi.html (520 words)

	No Surrender (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He had been holding out Lubang Island in the Phillipines.
		Onoda hid in the jungles of Lubang Island for about 30 years after the end of World War II.
		Lubang Island (Kyodo) -- Former Imperial Japanese Army officer Hiroo Onoda, who held out in the Philippine jungles for almost three decades after the end of World War II, lays flowers at a monument on Lubang Island in the Philippines on May 21 during his first visit in 22 years.
	home.xnet.com /~warinner/surrender.html (218 words)

	Untitled Document
		Brian and I were taken in the local standard transport, a covered extended sidecar driven by a motorcycle, to the local Diving Centre.
		Landing on Talicud Island beach we were soon busy putting up a series of antennas in a grove of coconut palms just 10 yds.
		The next morning we left Manila for our third Island The 4 seater light aircraft landed safely on the airfield serving Lubang Island.
	www.islandradio.org /g3oca.htm (1056 words)

	rotary club of lubang island
		REGULAR MEETING: The Rotary Club of Lubang Island meets every Saturday morning breakfast 8:00am at Club Filipino, Anapolis St., Greenhills, San Juan, M.M., Philippines
		E-Mail Us Project launching Feb 10~13, 2005 (left photo) and Piglet turn-over Rotarians and beneficiaries (right photo)
		Lubang Island (left photo) has two municipalities, the towns of Lubang and Looc; Lubang Island is located 6 hours by ferry boat from the City of Manila port (right photo)
	lubangisland.netfirms.com (80 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: No Surrender: My Thirty Year War: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		My only criticism is that the book needs a map of the island, can seem a bit hazy in describing movements to different locations.
		Hideo Onoda came down from the mountain on the island of Lubang in 1974.
		The book covers his whole life from a kendo fighting boy, to a dancing teenager in the chinese dancehall and to his secret guerilla warface on Lubang Island in the Phillipines.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1557506639 (545 words)

	:: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A flight instructor and his student were killed after their two-seat trainer plane crashed into a peanut plantation yesterday morning on Lubang island in Occidental Mindoro.
		Initial reports issued by the Air Transportation Office (ATO) said Captain Nestor Mayo, an instructor pilot, and his student, Timothy de Guzman, perished in the crash that destroyed their Piper Tomahawk turbo propeller light plane.
		It was not however immediately revealed to media by the ATO the last moment conversation the pilot had with air traffic controllers that could shed light on what prompted Mayo to summon for help and provide clues on the cause of the crash.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/02/20/MTNN2005022029100.html (298 words)

	mindoro-tambayan - A Bravenet.com Hosted Site
		is one of the three islands found in
		It is the biggest island in the group of islands located in
		The tranquil and peaceful island is an ideal place for swimming, scuba diving, and fishing.
	www.mindorotambayan.bravehost.com /occidentaltravel.html (914 words)

	LBX - Lubang, Lubang Island, PH - Airport - Great Circle Mapper
		LBX - Lubang, Lubang Island, PH - Airport - Great Circle Mapper
		This information may not be accurate or current and is not valid for navigation or flight planning.
		Please see credits for attribution and copyright information.
	gc.kls2.com /airport/LBX (79 words)

	Occurrence - Search Result (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Just north of passage between Tab and Wongat Islands on outer reef face of barrier reef.
		Trobriand Island, Kiriwinna (Labai) on North coast off Tower Point, north west part of Island (New Guinea); Bottom: Coral and patches of Sand
		VANUATU, EPI ISLAND, REEF AT CENTER OF LAMEN BAY AT NW ENDOF EPI ISLAND.
	www.fishbase.org /museum/GenusOccurrenceList.cfm?genus=Acanthochromis (775 words)

	Asia Finest Discussion Forum > The Japanese soldier who wouldn't surrender (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Nov 6 2004, 05:22 AM In 1944, Lt. Hiroo Onoda was sent by the Japanese army to the remote Philippine island of Lubang.
		Nov 6 2004, 09:53 AM this shows why the japanese are so much more successful than the chinese.
		Nov 6 2004, 02:53 PM theres a cheap movie about others who did the same, but it was set on a pacific island with japanese soldiers guarding philippine stolen gold.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t21832.html (3012 words)

	Interesting Caves and Caverns of the World
		Contains Stone Age animal paintings on roof and walls.
		On island of same name in the Grecian Archipelago.
		On island of Staffa off coast of western Scotland.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0001787.html (382 words)

	Mindoro
		Mindoro is the fourth largest island in the Philippines.
		Halcon[?], Mangyan[?] tribes, Lubang Island[?], Puerto Galera[?], Lake Naujan[?].
		Take this note to be able to access this article instantly from any page
	www.fastload.org /mi/Mindoro.html (83 words)

	LDS Cops.com
		Onoda was a WWII Japanese soldier that was stationed on the Philippine Island of Lubang in 1944.
		Twenty-nine years later, true to his word, Onoda was still standing his post on the island of Lubang.
		One day in 1974, Onoda’s division commander returned to the island, and with the aid of loud speakers, went around the island calling for all Japanese soldiers under his command to surrender.
	www.ldscops.com /chapter2.html (18096 words)

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