This document is an official military intelligence handbook published by the Allied Geographical Section (AGS) under General Douglas MacArthur’s General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area, on November 13, 1944. Produced during the crucial stages of the Allied campaign to liberate the Philippines, the handbook provided officers in forward areas with detailed topographical, hydrographic, and tactical evaluations of the Romblon, Tablas, Sibuyan, Semirara, and Marinduque islands. It contains exhaustive data on coastal landing beaches, anchorages, road networks, existing and potential airfields, meteorological conditions, and localized resources required for military planning and amphibious maneuvers in the Sibuyan Sea region.
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Terrain handbook 37: Romblon-Marinduque (Philippine series)
Allied Geographical Section (AGS), Southwest Pacific Area
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APA Citation:
Allied Geographical Section, Southwest Pacific Area. (1944). Terrain handbook 37: Romblon-Marinduque (Philippine series). General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area.