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HONORING HEROES. Two visitors light candles and offer flowers at the tomb of their departed grandfather last Sunday, April 7, 2024, who fought during World War II against the Japanese Imperial Army at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City. The country commemorates today the heroism of every Filipino soldier who gave their lives defending the country during World War II.
The 966 living WW2 veterans continue to receive their monthly pensions and benefits, including free hospitalization and health services. Another war veteran, retired Col. Cesar Pobre, who wrote over a dozen of WW2 books, recalled the historic Battle of Munoz, Nueva Ecija where he and his colleagues clashed with a big number of Japanese troops.Pobre was a member of the famous US 98 Mortar Brigade, who engaged the Japanese in a close quarter fighting against the Japanese.
For over three months, Filipino and American forces fought the Japanese in many battles across the Philippines that delayed the advancing enemy forces and enabled Gen. Douglas McArthur to escape to Australia en route in going to America where he made a plan of his famous saying “I shall return” to liberate the Philippines which he fulfilled in the landing of Leyte on Oct. 20, 1944.
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