[1] Before serving as Mindanao's first camp for prisoners of war, it was a training ground for the Philippine Army.

[2] It was located in the foothills of the Malaybalay Mountains and a few miles north of Barangay Casisang.

[3] The camp's barracks were of crude construction, some with corrugated steel roofs but most were made of either thatched wood or nipa palm fronds.

[4] In July 1942, Filipino and American soldiers in Mindanao who surrendered to the Japanese forces were made to march from Camp Keithley in Marawi to Iligan, a distance of about 36 kilometers, to gather them all at Camp Kasisang with the rest of the prisoners of war.

[5] In the succeeding months of 1942, the Japanese transported several prisoners to other parts of the Philippines, including Manila and Davao.