Friday, March 11, 2011

Freedom at Last (January 30, 1945)





The Philippines was the last major conquest of Japan in the Pacific.[i]The guerrillas contributed greatly to the liberation of the Philippines. [ii]

All throughout the province today, the memory of that period remains. Its legacy to the generations of Filipinos who have lived and breathed freedom since the end of the Second World War is described in a marker that stands till today at the entrance to Bataan:

“The little mountainous peninsula of Bataan saved democracy and the whole world from the evil hands of the devil” – From a radio broadcast of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, January 5, 1945.”[iii]


[i] Alberto S. Abeleda Jr., The Nation in Focus, St. Bernadette Publishing House Corporation, 2007, p. 124

[ii] Alberto S. Abeleda Jr., The Nation in Focus, St. Bernadette Publishing House Corporation, 2007, p. 123

[iii] Fr. Wilfredo C. Paguio, Bataan Land of Valor, People of Peace, Jardi Press, 1997, p. 106


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