Pen Medina as General Malvar

General Miguel Malvar as portrayed by Karl Medina in the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) documentary.

The thirteen months that transpired between the capture of Aguinaldo and the surrender of Miguel Malvar are, without question, the most celebrated period in Batangas’ history. Long after most of the Philippines had been pacified, the Batangueño guerillas held out, sustained by a substantial sector of the non-combatant population. In that period, the province of Batangas came to symbolize the Filipino resistance, and the name Miguel Malvar became synonymous with Filipino defiance. But, as is always the case with lost causes, the price to be paid for valor of this kind was high. To quash the resisters of the southern Tagalog region, the U.S. Army resorted, in the end, to extreme measures. Had the Batangueños been less dogged, they would have suffered less.

- From Battle of Batangas by historian Glenn Anthony May