During World War II, General Tomoyuki Yamashita, commander of Japanese forces in Luzon, was captured in Kiangan, Ifugao, and brought to Baguio. On September 3, 1945, he formally surrendered at the High Commissioner’s Residence at Camp John Hay; now the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence, ending organized Japanese military resistance in the Philippines. Built in 1940 as a summer home for the U.S. High Commissioner, the two-story L-shaped house was seized by Japanese forces during the occupation, who use