"There's something happened in here. What it is, ain't exactly clear. There's a man with a gun over there, telling me I got to beware~"
The CNTs were theorized to be hiding in Baranggay Masuksok, San Sebastian, Samar; its residents, based on SIGINT, were rumored to be providing food, shelter, medical care, and logistics for the Communist insurgents. Enhanced search methods were conducted; the survivors, who were all suspected members and symphatizers, were arrested. They were detained indefinitely to be frequently interrogated with effective methods. A cover-up story of a wildfire was disseminated to the media after a brigade deployed by the Bureau of Fire Protection extinguished the flames that eradicated the village.
"There's no Baranggay Masuksok, because the Marines have burned it to the ground."
The first Old Battalion Series article, which also happened to be the very first operation that the Anomalous Warfare (then) Company commenced in the Marcos Regime.
To the Marcos Apologists who will read this, get the fuck out. I don't want your kind here. I have little tolerance with people who are blind to evil and can't tell the difference between right and wrong, truth and lies. And to the supporters of the former Vice President Robredo who haven't gotten over the election, I don't want you littering the forum thread of this page so get your political shit with you and go away. I'm not your friend either. The people of our Republic has already spoken, respect it.
This article (and the following tales and formats) is NOT based on a true story. The series followed the exploits of a fictional Marine unit. The setting, however, is very much real, as well as the human rights abuses (by the Regime) and the unnecessary violence (of both the Communist and the extremist armed lawless elements) which occurred in the dark times of our history where societal problems are rampant that pushed people to take up arms against the government, which resulted with the former President proclaiming a Martial Law that left many families broken, people dead without justice, and children orphaned.
The reason why I wrote about this is because people in my country did not bother to pick up history books, citing reasons about "victors wrote lies to ruin the reputation of the Regime through history books", and instead watch shitty movie adaptations that revisioned the history, or use Tiktok or Youtube as their source of information (the content creators were not historians, by the way). Indeed, the lack of literacy was concerning.
This article (and the wider series itself) serves as some sort of a reminder, perhaps to me, and to the others who might read this, that the dark moments of the Regime is not a paradise of "milk and honey". It's more like blood and bones.
I don't have any qualms about the current administration. I just don't like people telling to my face that the dark days of the Martial Law wasn't that violent (those people have names, you cannot deny their existence. Imagine experiencing hell before dying in the dark, only for years later, people say you don't exist and you deserve it because you're probably a commie or something). I don't like the violence committed by the Communist and the Jihadist insurgents either, as they are the primary reason why blood is still spilt in our soil.
Special Thanks to:
Kilerpoyo and 
SYTYCFanon for Critique.
Source:
THE PHILIPPINES: Historical Overview (Center for Philip'pines Studies, School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Hawai'i) by Julie Shackford
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