Philippine Army Colonel Napoleon Valeriano, commander of the Nenita Unit, a special constabulary force that operated in the area of Mount Arayat from 1946 until 1949, selected the 16th Police Constabulary company, under the command of his Lieutenant Maraña to become Force X. Secretly screening his unit for the most devoted and aggressive men, Maraña selected three officers and forty-four enlisted men who departed their barracks under the cover of darkness and moved to a secret training camp in the nearby jungle. The camp’s location and purpose were known only to the president, the Army Chief of Staff, Col. Valeriano, and three of the president’s closest staff officers. … More Colonel Laureano Maraña