Mayoyao, Ifugao
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Mayoyao is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ifugao, Philippines
. According to the latest census, it has a population of 16,722 people in 2,917 households.
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was fought against the Japanese Imperial forces during the Battle of Mayoyao Ridge until the end of World War II
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Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. According to the latest census, it has a population of 16,722 people in 2,917 households.
Barangays
Mayoyao is politically subdivided into 27 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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Battle of Mayoyao Ridge
Beginning on July 26, to August 9, 1945, the Filipino soldiers and the American bombers was re-occupied the town of Mayoyao, Ifugao in Northern Luzon including the Filipino troops of the 1st, 2nd, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army, 1st Infantry Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary, 11th and 14th Infantry Regiment of the United States Armed Forces in the Philippines - Northern Luzon or USAFIP-NL and the American bomber pilots of the United States Army Air ForcesUnited States Army Air Forces
The United States Army Air Forces was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II, and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force....
was fought against the Japanese Imperial forces during the Battle of Mayoyao Ridge until the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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The historical marker
The memorial of historical marker located in Mount Nagchajan in Mayoyao, Ifugao was fought the battles between the Japanese Imperial forces and the combined Filipino and American soldiers was occuried towards during the Battle of Mayoyao Ridge during the end of World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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