THE BEGINNING OF URSOS IN AGUSAN
by Rey Ursos Ladera on Monday, October 4, 2010 at 10:12pm ·
REY URSOS LADERA the ELDEST OF ALL GRANDCHILDREN UNDER AMANDO URSOS LINE
REY
TO TRACE OUR FAMILY..
ACTUALLY YOUR BLOOD HAS AN AGUSANON TRACE
WHEREVER YOU ARE..
WHETHER U ARE NOW IN BACOLOD, CEBU, BOHOL,
DAVAO, PANABO , MANILA, SAN CARLOS OR TAGUM...
ALL OF THESE ARE GRANDCHILDEN OF ITI AMANDO left side: grace ursos daarol, rudy daarol, alic , joshua, dimple, froilan, ivy right side: abhigael, cila (smiling) and me
YOUR GREATGRANDMOTHER JUANA DUMAPLIN
KNOWN AS " INAY JUANA" IS FROM TALACOGON AGUSAN DEL SUR
A HALF BLOOD SPANISH WOMAN WHO CAME
TO UBAY BOHOL FOR SOME REASONS AND MARRIED ITAY IYONG..
THEY ARE THE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS OF YOUR FATHER OR MOTHER
THE 12 CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDRENS CHILDREN...
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GRANDCHILDREN OF BINO, AMANDO DIKOY TOGETHER SOMETIME AGO
URSOS IS FROM CAPIZ ANTIQUE ISLAND OF PANAY...
ITAY IYONG CAME TO UBAY BOHOL AND BECOME A BIBLE PREACHER..
HOW DID IT HAPPEN THAT SOME URSOS FAMILIES
HAVE COME TO AGUSAN AND DAVAO ?
WHO STARTED IT?
THE SHORT STORY GOES...
JAPANESE PLANES BOMBED THE PEARL HARBOR !!!...
ON DECEMBER 7, 1941
JAPANESE PLANES BOMBED DAVAO CITY
ON DECEMBER 8, 1941
THE PHILIPPINES WAS UNDER THE UNITED STATES DURING THOSE TIMES
THE US GOVERNMENT DECLARED WAR AGAINST JAPAN
ITS WAS ON THOSE TIMES WHEN LOLO SERGIO URSOS
WAS ENLISTED IN THE US NAVY...
IT WAS IN THOSE DIFFICULT TIMES WHEN LOLO AMANDO URSOS
WAS ENLISTED IN THE US ARMY UNDER GENERAL SHARP
OF THE US ARMY IN MINDANAO
JAPAN OCCUPIED THE PHILUIPPINES..
GEN DOUGLES MC ARTHUR WAS CALLED TO COMMAND
THE PACIFIC US ARMY BASED IN AUSTRALIA
COLONEL FERTIG WAS A FORMER MINING ENGINEER
WHO FOUGHT ON BATAAN AND THEN, UPON THE FALL
0F BATAAN ESCAPED TO MINDANAO TO SERVE WITH GENERAL SHARP.
WHEN MINDANAO IN TURN FELL TO THE JAPANESE,
COLONEL FERTIG TOOK A GROUP OF OFFICERS TO COMMAND
AMERICANS AND FILIPINO SOLDIERS INTO THE FOREST OF MINDANAO
TO FORM THE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT
IN PREPARATION OF THE RETAKING OF THE PHILS FROM JAPAN
AWAITING THE RETURN OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MC ARTHUR...
THE COMMAND HAVE 38,000 MEN... THEY WERE CONSTRUCTING AIRFIELDS
THOSE AIRFIELDS WERE LOCATED IN :
1. LALA LANAO DEL NORTE AIRFIELD
2. LABO OZAMIS CITY AIRFIELD
3. DIPOLOG AIRFIELD
4. BAROBO AIRFIELD IN SURIGAO DEL SUR
AMANDO URSOS A USAFFEE VETERAN A MISSION TO DEFEND THE BAROBO AIRFIELD AGAISNT THE JAPANESE AT ALL COST WAITING THE RETURN OF GEN D. MC ARTHUR
IT WAS IN BAROBO WHERE LOLO AMANDO URSOS WAS ASSIGNED
TO DEFEND THE AIRFIELD AT ALL COST..
AGAINST THE JAPANESE ARMY
THE REST WAS HISTORY... THE JAPANESE LOST THE WAR..
AFTER THE WAR.... LOLO AMANDO SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO WAS THE NEAREST TOWN FROM THE BAROBO AIRFIELD
THE BAROBO AIRFIELD WAS ABANDONED AFTER THE WAR
MR. PEARSON FROM AUSTRALIA MANAGED THE AIRFIELD AFTER THE WAR
BUT AGUSAN HAVE NO HIGHWAYS AND ACCESSIBLE ROUTES IN THOSE TIMES
THUS THE AIRFIELD WAS NOT IN USE SINCE THE GREAT WAR
BUT THE PEARSON FAMILIES REMAIN IN ALEGRIA UNTIL THESE DAYS
AFTER THE WAR..
AMANDO URSOS BECOME THE FIRST
CHIEF OF POLICE OF SAN FRANCISCO
AND LATER HE BECAME THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILOR
OF SANFRANCISCO FOR 20 YEARS
HE OPENED THE GREAT FOREST OF TAGLIKID
INTO AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY
HE ORGANIZED THE NATIVES OF SAN FRANCISCO
AND THEY PLANTED CORN CAMOTE COCONUT
URSOS FAMILY
HE WENT BACK TO BOHOL AND INVITED SOME BRODS & COUSINS
TO COME TO AGUSAN TO OWN AND DEVELOP NEW LANDS FOR THEM
THE PIONEERS OF TAGLIKID WHO CAME WITH AMANDO URSOS WERE
LOLO BENJAMEN URSOS AND FAMILIES
RAMON URSOS WHO BECAME A CHURCH PASTER
LOLO DIKOY SONS LIKE , TIYO MARCIANO URSOS,
JOEL URSOS, ITI URSOS AND
LOLOY URSOS WHO BECAME THE VICE MAYOR OF SANFRANCISCO
OTHER FAMILIES CAME...
CHILDREN OF LOLO BINO LIKE NANG URSING TIMAAN
AND NANG FE AMORIN CHOOSE TO SETTLE IN TAGUM DAVAO
ALSO NANG DORING DIOLATA
DAUGHTER OF LOLO BENJAMEN SETTLED IN TAGUM DAVAO
NONG REMING REMING SETTLED IN PANABO DAVAO
ana loudy. granddaughter of Nong Reming daughter of Rene ursos OF INKO DOROT LINE
NJANE greatgranddaughter of Nong reming , daughter of Ana Loudy OF INKO DOROT LINE
NELIA URSOS RIES , DAUGHTER OF NANG NELLY OF TAGLIKID, GRANDDAUGHTER OG NONG MARCIANO OF DIKOY LINE
THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE LAND IS GOOD
AND AFTER SO MANY YEARS..SOME FORGOT
THE GRANDCHILDREN WHO WERE BORN IN THE NEW LANDS
AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS...
THEY FORGOT TO VISIT UBAY BOHOL..
THEY FORGOT THAT ONCE UPON A TIME
THERE WAS A GREAT FAMILY
A SINGING FAMILY..
BEFORE THERE WAS A CHILDRENS CHOIR OF LOBOC
WHO CAME TO NEW YORK CITY IN A CONCERT...
THERE WAS A GREAT URSOS RONDALLA OF UBAY
GADZ, gerlon archie ursos , grandson of Ramon ursos OF BENJAMEN LINE
JOVAN son of ramon ursos OF BENJAMEN LINE
A SINGING TALENT THAT I WAS A WITNESS WHEN I WAS A CHILD...
AMANDO URSOS..WAS THE SINGING CHAMPION OF DAVAO CITY IN 1950S
LILIA URSOS THE GREAT SOPRANO OF THE GOVERNOR PLAZA MUSIC BAND
RODULFO URSOS THE SINGING CHAMPION OF BUTUAN CITY IN 1970S
LUZMINDA AND JESSIE URSOS, THE DUET OF FATHER URIOS HIGH
LUZMINDA URSOS THE FIRST LADY CHAMPION OF CAVITE CITY
WHO SING AND THE SAME PLAY HER OWN GUITAR WHILE SINGING
rose danuel ursos, granddaughter of Joel Ursos now in davao city OF DIKOY LINE
JECONIAH, DAUGHTER OF JOE, GRANDDAUGHTER OF JOEL, OF DIKOY LINE
THE NEW GENERATION HAVE SHOWN THE SAME TALENTS..
AMANDO URSOS MUSIC BAND WAS ORGANIZED ON 2007..
AND CONDUCTED THEIR FIRST CONCERT IN TAGLIKID A YEAR AGO
ANOTHER REASON OF LOLO AMANDO WHO STAYED IN AGUSAN
HE WAS ON A MISSION BY HER MOTHER INAY JUANA TO MAKE
AN INITIATIVE IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO CLAIM
SOME LANDS AT LANGIHAN BUTUAN CITY SUPPOSEDLY INAY JUANA
AS ONE OF THE HEIRS OF HER PARENTS WHO OWN LANDS IN
LANGIHAN BUTUAN CITY BEFORE THE WAR....
DOCUMENTARY RESOURCES..
General Dougles Mc Arthur GHQ staff sections based in Australia, implemented the third phase to develop hideouts to take their places in battle beside the advancing American divisions
Colonel Fertig emerged as the generally accepted commander of the Mindanao guerrillas. Colonel Fertig was a former American mining engineer who had fought on Bataan and then, upon its surrender, escaped to Mindanao to serve with General Sharp. When Mindanao, in turn, fell to the Japanese, Colonel Fertig took a group of officers and men into the hills to form the nucleus of a responsible resistance movement. By perseverance and diplomacy Colonel Fertig gradually won the respect of the other guerrilla leaders, and by October 1942 he had built up a fairly cohesive guerrilla organization.
n November, Colonel Fertig decided that the time was ripe to notify General Headquarters of the potentialities of his organization and to request assistance. He dispatched his two emissaries, Capt. J. A. Hamner and Captain Smith, on their trip to Australia which resulted in the subsequent contact by Commander Parsons. With authority over the 10th Military District as conferred by GHQ at the time
of Commander Parsons' first trip and, with the approval of the Philippine Government-in-Exile, Colonel Fertig attempted to establish a smoothly functioning civil government to parallel his military organization. Former Philippine officials were appointed as provincial governors and to other civic posts. By early 1943, conditions on Mindanao had become so stable that President Quezon authorized the creation of the Mindanao Emergency Currency Board to issue its own monetary notes for use as a medium of exchange among guerrilla forces.
Before the swift-moving events of the war made it advisable for General MacArthur to make his first strike in the Philippines directly at Leyte, it had been planned to retake the islands by an initial invasion of Mindanao. This fact, together with a convenient geographical position which eased the problem of transportation by submarine, constituted the main reason why the Mindanao guerrillas were the first to be supplied extensively. It was a sound strategical investment.
With the assistance of SWPA, the Mindanao guerrilla organization eventually became the largest and best equipped in the Philippine Islands. By January 1945, Colonel Fertig's command included a force of about 38,000 men. (Plate No. 89) His radio and intelligence network consisted of some seventy transmitter stations and an excellent and extensive coast-watcher system. GHQ was furnished with a constant stream of information which, within its limits of accuracy, helped considerably in the planning of operations against the Japanese in the Philippines. The guerrillas had also prepared airfields at Dipolog, Labo, Lala, and Barobo.
When General MacArthur was ready to retake the Philippine Islands, the guerrillas on Mindanao were in a position to contribute substantially to military operations. With the American invasion of the southern Philippines in early 1945, they began to strike openly against the Japanese forces occupying the island. They seized the airfield at Dipolog, held it until elements of the 21st Infantry landed, and later helped them defend it against strong Japanese counterattacks while a squadron of American fighters used the field as a base for operations to the south. When the American forces chased the Japanese from Zamboanga City, guerrillas set up strong positions behind the retreating enemy troops to form a wall against any further escape into the mountains. On 12 April, five days before
the first Eighth Army landings along Illana Bay on Mindanao's west coast, Colonel Fertig notified General Eichelberger that the initial objective of Malabang and its airfield already had been captured by the guerrillas. Acting on this information, the American forces made their assault further down the coast at Parang, for a drive on the enemy-held town of Cotabato. On 10 May, when elements of the U.S. 40th Division landed near Bugo on northern Mindanao's Macajalar Bay, they found that the guerrillas had cleared the Japanese from the beaches and were ready to assist in the advance to the important town of Cagayan. Aiding the drive of the U.S. 24th Division, Colonel Fertig's forces guarded Highway No. 1 from Kabakan to the Tanculan River so that the Americans could race across the island without fear of an unguarded flank. Guerrilla troops also seized the Tagum River area on north Davao Gulf, as well as Talikub Island in the Gulf itself.
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