May 8, 1918 - January 25, 2011
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]
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 … [Continue reading]
(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. … [Continue reading]