EVACUATION Immediately Bayombong became a ghost town, with the Priest and the Governor leading the people across the creek west of the town into the rice fields of Barrio Apad where they evacuated. The Bayabos family fled across the river to Barrio Paitan, with us following closely behind them loaded with our three small kids […]
1994 Memoir – 126. Sad New Year
On the eve of the New Year, Pat’s mother died. We buried her on New Year’s Day, January 1, 1945, in the town cemetery. She died an agonizing death. May her soul rest in peace. After her burial, plans were made by us to evacuate to Barrio Paitan across the river, where the Bayabos family […]