[1][2] Takeo Manjome was a major-general of the Imperial Japanese Army who was one of the generals in command of the occupation of the Philippines.
He commanded the 78th Infantry Brigade of the 102nd IJA Division, and was one of the occupiers of the Visayan Islands.
He wanted to build defenses around the coastal plains of Cebu, which was an island that United States' soldiers were landing on.
He began a slow retreat, hoping to inflict some casualties on the Americans as they fell back to friendly territory.
But James M. Cushing's 8,500 Cebu guerrillas, who had remained resolute to fight ever since 1941, ambushed the retreating forces.