>>9521461Datu Piang (Philippines), Datu Piang's house with Gumbay Piang, Copeland, and Gutierrez
collections.lib.uwm.eduhttps://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/13162/This is a picture of Gumbay Piang, a Chinese-Moro resistance leader during World War II who fought against the Japanese.
His grandfather on his father's side was a Chinese who was lent a Moro temporary wife by a local notable.
Capt. Gumbay Piang and 1st Lt. Salipada K. Pendatun led the Moro Bolo battalion in Mindanao against the Japanese. 30,000 Moros were mobilized in two months.
Image: Datu Salipada K. Pendatun and his staff when he was still a Lieutenant of 102nd Infantry
https://twitter.com/ljansdan/status/1294598433483952128@olaferr looking forward to your book! Jojo said it's a really good read! I'll make sure my octogenarian grandma (Gumbay Piang's daughter) gets to read it during this time of pandemic.
https://twitter.com/_dmmps/status/1232073407837065216Letter of Datu Gumbay Piang, one of the convenor of Moro Bolo Battalion, to the US Army dated February 25, 1942.
https://twitter.com/ViejasFilipinas/status/1083039632378359808and made one last trip to his Cavite home in 1900. He also visited Datu Piang, a prominent Maguindanaon-Chinese datu in Cotabato - the father of the national hero Gumbay Piang. The U.S. Armed Forces offered him a leadership position within the Moro Battalions,
https://twitter.com/ViejasFilipinas/status/1083039635498885120a native unit of the U.S. Armed Forces consisting of native fighters from Muslim Mindanao. However, he politely rejected the offer, choosing to live a quiet life in Basilan, the position was instead taken up by Datu Piang. Datu Kalun died in 1904.
https://twitter.com/verafiles/status/394750731426607104Voters await their turn to vote at Datu Gumbay Piang Elem School in Datu Piang, Maguindanao.- Carolyn O. Arguillas