MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 352, March 20, 1973 ]
CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE 31ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF BATAAN AND THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR
WHEREAS, the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor are historic milestone in our nationhood;
WHEREAS, it is deemed fitting and proper to commemorate these historic events with appropriate activities and/or ceremonies in order to impress our people as well as the rest of the world of the efforts and sacrifices of those who fought and died during the crucial struggle for freedom and democracy, and of the transcending significance of such struggle in our national undertakings and aspirations;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and create an Executive Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the successful execution of appropriate activities and/or ceremonies for the commemoration of the 31st anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor. The Committee shall be composed of the following:
General Romeo C. Espino
Chief of Staff, AFP |
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Honorary Chairman |
Col. Rizalino P. Lacuna
National Commander, DBC |
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Chairman |
Comdr. Romulo M. Espaldon
Deputy Chief of Staff, AFP |
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Co-Chairman |
Col. Manuel A. Acosta (Ret.)
Executive Director, NSC
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Vice Chairman |
Commr. Gregorio Araneta II
Philippine Tourist Commission
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Member |
Brig. Gen. Teodorico P. Almuete
(Ret.) Assistance Center for Ex-Servicemen, DND
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Member |
Brig. Gen. Rafael G. Zagala
Philippine Array
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Member |
Comdr. Hilario M. Ruiz
Philippine Navy
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Member |
Gov. Efren M. Pascual
Province of Bataan
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Member |
Prof. Esteban A. de Ocampo
National Historical Commission
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Member |
Engr. Felix C. Codilla
Dept. of Public Marks, Trans. & Communications
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Member |
Mr. Patrick Pineda
Dept. of Agri. & Nat. Resources
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Member |
Engr. Delfin Bacho
Veterans Federation of the Philippines
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Member |
Mr. Vicente Liwag
Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor |
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Member |
Col. Teofilo San Agustin (Ret.)
Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor |
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Member |
Col. Antonio S. Vinluan (Ret.)
Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor |
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Member/Secretary |
The Committee is empowered to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need, and to create such committee, sub-committee or staffs as nay be necessary.
Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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