The Stuart light tank would have been involved in these later engagements. They were frequently harassed by Americans before surrendering in late August 1945. The city was liberated after three weeks, but Japanese troops remained entrenched in the north, around the Medellin area. Landing first on Cebu, 6km southwest of the island’s capital city, the troops encountered an area riddled with mines and booby traps. In March 1945, local guerrillas accompanied infantry regiments from the US Army on a drive toward the adjacent island of Leyte. The relic was removed by engineers from the country’s armed forces in Medellin, a province on the northwestern tip of the island of Cebu. Having been involved in the US campaign to liberate the Philippines, it then lay buried for 75 years. The Stuart M5A1 light tank took part in the US-led liberation of the islands from the Japanese in 1944-1945. It was entombed in the mud for 75 years, but now a tank submerged in a Philippines river has been recovered.

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