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MOP, Bk 10, v.5, pt.2, 211
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 358, March 18, 1974 ]
CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE 32ND 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 32nd anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor. The Committee shall be composed of the following: Undersecretary Manuel Q. Salientes – Chairman Department of National Defense Maj. Gen. Fabian C. Ver – Co-Chairman Presidential Security Command Atty. Juan L. Gacad – Vice Chairman Philippine Veterans Affairs Office Governor Efren M. Pascual – Member Province of Bataan Governor Dominador Camerino – Member Province of Cavite Maj. Gen. Rafael G. Zagala – Member Philippine Army Rear Adm. Hilario M. Ruiz – Member Philippine Navy Director Jose Clemente – Member Department of Tourism Engr. Felix C. Codilla – Member Department of Public Works Engr. Delfin Bacho – Member Veterans Federation of the Philippines Professor Jorge L. Revilla – Member Students Assistance Committee Brig. Gen. Teodorico P. Almuete (Ret) – Member Phil. Veterans Assistance Commission Colonel Antonio S. Vinluan (Ret) – Member Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor Colonel Manuel A. Acosta (Ret) – Member/Secretary Military Memorials Division, PVAO 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 may be necessary. Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR Executive Secretary