The massacre is the basis for the recently published book "Last Man Out: Glenn McDole, USMC, Survivor of the Palawan Massacre in World War II" by Bob Wilbanks, and the opening scenes of the 2005 Miramax film, "The Great Raid".
===Obdobje ameriške vladavine===Po filipinsko-ameriški vojni so leta 1902 Američani ustanovili civilno vlado na severnem delu otoka, ter ga poimenovali provinca Paragua.