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The first squadron consisted of the original members. The second and third were the Cantonese and Fukienese Squadrons with 100 members each. The fourth included smaller groups affiliated with Wha Chi, and the last was based in Bicol. They continued to be a persistent thorn in the Japanese army’s side. When the American reinforcements arrived in Lingayen in January 1945, they managed to reach them immediately to get much needed arms and ammunitions, most notably a powerful Garand M-1 machine gun. With the USA F F E guerillas and the Huks, the Wha Chi helped liberate the towns of Ha-in, Santa Maria, Cabbiao, San Fernando, and Tarlac. They joined the 44th Battalion, the First Cavalry, US Army in February. They also participated in the spectacular rescue of 2,136 American prisoners from a Los Baños prison camp and in mopping-up operations that followed American victory. They fought alongside US forces and guided them to the hideouts of Japanese resistance units after the war. The Wha Chi Guerillas fought side by side with their fellow Filipinos, and in the three years of waging guerilla warfare they fought over 200 battles, killing over 2,000 enemy troops and losing over 70 of their own men. With the fighting over in the Philippines, many of the Wha Chi planned to go to China, to join the guerilla movement there to help hasten the liberation of their motherland, but the Japanese surrendered before