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Pawid: WW2 Memoirs of Ifugao Dep. Governor Luis I. Pawid

41st of a seriesJapan surrenders, WW2 Pacific theatre endsFINALLY, peace and freedom once again. Japan accepted the terms of surrender blared radio news when the sun showed its bright shining light in the morning of August 15, 1945.Upon hearing the ...

From 6 days ago

Pawid: WW2 Memoirs of Ifugao Dep. Governor Luis I. Pawid

40th of a seriesIntense allied offensive SERVICE above personal interest and welfare has always been the motto of my father. Stripped of his position as Deputy Governor of the Sub-Province of Ifugao bestowed upon him during the Commonwealth years, he ...

From 13 days ago

Pawid: WW2 Memoirs of Ifugao Dep. Governor Luis I. Pawid

39th of a seriesGeneral Yamashita in Ifugao!SHOCKING but true! My father was standing beside US Army Captain Burgh browsing over the map of the sub-province of Ifugao specifically Hungduan and Kiangan sectors. Upon request of U.S. Army Major Figley, my ...

From 20 days ago

Pawid: WW2 Memoirs of Ifugao Dep. Governor Luis I. Pawid

38th of a seriesKiangan central here we comeTHE decision to move camp back into the safety of Kiangan central must be made as soon as the route to take is positively safe. Kiangan is now occupied by American and Pilipino ...

From 27 days ago

Pawid: WW2 Memoirs of Ifugao Dep. Governor Luis I. Pawid

37th of a seriesStaying put in our hideout MY FATHER’S domain deep in the forest was swelling with fellow civilian-evacuees escaping possible dangers of being hit by allied artillery shelling. In his diaries, he was relieved to see familiar faces ...

From 34 days ago

Pawid: WW2 Memoirs of Ifugao Dep. Governor Luis I. Pawid

36th of a seriesThe twisted Ropes of SurvivalTHE diaries of my father documented how all sides: Civilians, allied as well as enemy forces endeavored to survive the brutal war.He wrote: “Soldiers die in battles and civilians perish as collateral victims ...

From 41 days ago

Pawid: WW2 Memoirs of Ifugao Dep. Governor Luis I. Pawid

35th of a seriesThe frightening sounds of warBOMBS DROPPED by allied planes and artillery shells are exploding in every distant mountain surrounding the evacuation hide-out of my father and company in the forest at the south-western section of Kiangan, Sub-Province ...

From 55 days ago

Pawid: WW2 Memoirs of Ifugao Dep. Governor Luis I. Pawid

34th of a series We are surrounded! MY FATHER kept wondering why the enemy, the Japanese soldiers, are congregating in large numbers in the Kiangan and Hungduan areas in the Sub-Province. He wondered if the same situation is happening in ...

From 62 days ago

Pawid: WW2 Memoirs of Ifugao Dep. Governor Luis I. Pawid

(33rd of a series)Move out of artillery fireIN the middle of May, there was an order for all civilians hiding in evacuation camps in the Nagacadan and Ahin areas to move to the Antipolo sector. In his diary, my father ...

From 69 days ago

Pawid: WW2 Memoirs of Ifugao Dep. Governor Luis I. Pawid

32nd of a seriesEnemy forces everywhereRELIANCE and TRUST in the Lord seem to be the only hope for evacuees in camp to stay calm and alive. My mother Angeline, a convert into the Roman Catholic Church, took upon herself the ...

From 75 days ago

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