May 8, 1918 - January 25, 2011
We subsisted with the small amount of rice and dried fish from the Red Cross and Aning’s earnings as a nightclub entertainer or hostess in Metro Grill Garden, where she and Pat worked before the outbreak of the war. Pat could not work because she … [Continue reading]
Our first trip the following morning was to the City Hall, where Pat and I reported and registered, I as a released POW, with Pat as my guarantor that I would not join the guerillas. Our next trip was to the Red Cross, where we got some “chupas” … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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, … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]