History
The islands were originally settled by Visayan peoples starting about 30,000 years ago. By 1900 the islands were inhabited by both Tagalog and Visayan peoples.
The Spanish built a fort on Lubang Island, the San Vicente Bastion, on the western point of the entrance to Port tilig.
After World War II, Lubang Island was where Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese army intelligence officer, hid in the jungles when the Allies reclaimed the Philippines, and engaged in continuous guerrilla warfare against the United States and later against Philippine Commonwealth troops and paramilitary police, refusing to believe the war was over. In March 1974, he was officially relieved of duty, 29 years after the end of the war, making him one of the last Japanese soldiers to surrender.
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