Editing Camp John Hay (section)

====World War II====
In December 1941, Japanese warplanes dropped 72 bombs over the main gate of the camp during the onset of [[World War II]] in the Philippines. Camp John Hay served as an internment camp of the Imperial Japanese forces as well as the headquarters of General [[Tomoyuki Yamashita]] during the [[Japanese occupation of the Philippines|Japanese occupation period]]. When the Japanese forces in the archipelago capitulated, Yamashita surrendered to the Allied forces at Camp John Hay, specifically at the [[High Commissioner to the Philippines|High Commissioner]]'s residence which was later renamed as the Ambassador's Residence.<ref name=historycjh/>