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“There is no substitute for victory – Gen. Douglas MacArthur”
April 9 was “Araw ng Kagitingan”
or “Day of Valor” as we celebrate and honor our veterans and remember the
fallen of World War II and other battles and conflicts in our history who gave
the ultimate sacrifice for this country and for the people. Looking back, my late grandmother would tell
us stories of how our late grandfather’s escape with a few of his comrades during
the infamous Bataan Death March.
They were able to escape and hide through the help of the townsfolk they knew during the transfer of the bulk of prisoners of war in the historic San Fernando Train Station in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga to be shipped to Camp O’ Donnell in Capas, Tarlac through railway by their Japanese captors. He was a young army officer of the Philippine Commonwealth Army then. Although he died four decades ago, I still recount what my grandmother and some of the old folks we know who lived during the Japanese occupation years as a very harsh period in our Philippine history.
They were able to escape and hide through the help of the townsfolk they knew during the transfer of the bulk of prisoners of war in the historic San Fernando Train Station in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga to be shipped to Camp O’ Donnell in Capas, Tarlac through railway by their Japanese captors. He was a young army officer of the Philippine Commonwealth Army then. Although he died four decades ago, I still recount what my grandmother and some of the old folks we know who lived during the Japanese occupation years as a very harsh period in our Philippine history.
