30th August 1944. Compiled from aerial photographs dated 1937; The information shown in red was compiled as of 15 June 1944 G.2.G.H.Q. S.W.F.A. This area has been heavily reinforced. In addition to the enemy defences indicated…. There are, in this area:-1 A/A gun (of unknown calibre) 1.37mm gun 4 armoured cars, at least 6.50 calibre machine guns and a radio station in the Municipal Building....; Lettering in black is interpretation by A.G.S. of buildings and areas now Japanese occupied, based on the available information of pre-war uses to which such buildings and areas were put
Allied Geographical Section, “Town plan of Tacloban,” Monash Collections Online, accessed December 4, 2023, https://repository.monash.edu/items/show/29868.
