 The guerrillas helped U.S. forces fight the occupying Japanese troops and employed carpenters to insert Soyalac and Darak into hollow bamboo sticks, which were smuggled to the civilians imprisoned at the University of Santo Tomas and in Japanese-run prisoners of war camps in Capas, Tarlac and Corregidor.The powders saved the lives of many starving imprisoned guerrillas and U.S. soldiers.Her "Tiki-Tiki" cookies (made using Darak) also saved many civilian lives during wartime food shortages.