Then Pat and I tried to teach Tony to walk by sitting opposite each other and letting Tony reach our hands as he made his first few steps before falling. We increased our distance as he succeeded reaching our hands and hugged and kissed him for every successful effort. We laughed and laughed as Pat […]
1994 Memoir – 114. Back To Manila As Ex-P.O.W.
From the railroad Tutuban Station in Manila, Pat and I took a Calesa to Aoring’s Apartments on Avenida Rizal, corner Batangas Street. There I was met by Pat’s mother and Aning and the kids, Roy and Ruth. Our neighbors came to greet me, including Dr. and Mrs. Proceno Arenas, who later on became our Compadre […]
1994 Memoir – 111. Released Sick P.O.W.
The first release of sick POWs in June, 1942, was made when I was already sick with malaria, beriberi, and anemia. Being the Adm. Clerk of our Group under Lt. Col. Simeon Valdes, I could have listed myself in the first release but I did not know that the list of sick POWs that the […]
1994 Memoir – 110. P.O.W. From Abra In The CC
I was later on transferred to the Filipino Headquarters to become a file clerk after I met Capt. Mariano Gonzales from Bucay, Abra there. He was the Chief Files and Storage Officer, Hq. P.A. in Manila, and we knew each other there before the war. He gave me an ID and a Pass to look […]
1994 Memoir – 109. Another Miracle Of Grass Detail
After a week I was again startled by a commotion and voices outside our quarters one early morning. I got up and saw trucks to be boarded by the Grass Detail. I waited until they started boarding, when I boarded one of the trucks together with the other POWs. We were headed for the railroad […]
1994 Memoir – 108. The Miracle Of San Antonio
(Pat related this story after I got released) When Pat failed to see my name among surrenderers published in the paper and magazine in Manila, she went to the City Hall and to the Red Cross. My name was not in their list of surrenderers. And she started wondering if I and my brother could […]
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