My initial assignment in Vietnam was Baclieu, the southernmost Province bordering Cambodia and the China Sea. This area is very much like Florida. At the airport is a sign: “THIS AREA IS TEN FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL WHEN IT IS RAINING AND IS TEN FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WHEN IT IS SHINING.” The principal means […]
1994 Memoir – 200. Job in Vietnam as ECOI Employee
As a Sentry employee, I was at the same time a Recruiting Officer for Eastern Company, Inc. (ECOI), for ex-Army or P.C. officers desiring to go to Vietnam as Civilian Community Development Officers during the war in that country. I recruited myself first, because the pay in dollars was good — $300 take-home pay and […]
1994 Memoir – 199. Retirement and Back to Manila
Even before my retirement orders were issued, I already had my Clearance made because I had no accountabilities to answer for. It took my late uncle, Lt. Bravo, two years to have his Clearance before he started receiving his pension in 1941, and it took Col. Solud five years to have himself cleared before he […]
1994 Memoir – 198. Last Assignment in GHQ, AFP, and Last Days in the PMA
After Tony’s graduation I developed a so-called bone spur on my right heel, which made me limp, and I could hardly walk with my shoes on. X-ray showed that the bone on the back of my heel had a growth like a rooster’s spur. Dr. Fermin de Leon, Major, MC, said: “That is a very […]
1994 Memoir – 197. Graduation of Tony from PMA
Praise the Lord, Tony fulfilled my ambition when he graduated from the PMA in 1963. Pat was then the President of the PMA ladies’ circle, composed of wives of Generals, Colonels, Lt. Colonels, Majors, Captains, and Lieutenants, although she was just a Captain’s wife. We were both very happy! We watched the last participation of […]
1994 Memoir – 196. Miraculous Healings by Mr. Terte
It is important to know what Mr. Terte prayed before healing a person. He first asked the patient’s name, then said: (In Ilocano) “God, the source of life, have mercy on your child (NAME) and heal him/her of the sickness he/she is suffering (or feeling). May your spirits be used by you to heal him/her […]
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