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Vice President De Castro and Chargé Mussomeli lead guests at Day of Heroism rites in Bataan

 

Philippine Vice President Noli de Castro (right) and U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Joseph Mussomeli lay wreaths at the shrine on Mt. Samal in Bataan Province during the April 9 ceremony commemorating the heroism of Filipino and American soldiers defended the province and Corregidor Island in the war against the Japanese Army in World War II.

(Above:) Philippine Vice President Noli de Castro (right) and U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Joseph Mussomeli lay wreaths at the shrine on Mt. Samal in Bataan Province during the April 9 ceremony commemorating the heroism of Filipino and American soldiers defended the province and Corregidor Island in the war against the Japanese Army in World War II. (Middle photo:) Japanese Ambassador Ryuichiro Yamazaki joins Vice President De Castro and Chargé Mussomeli in the ceremony.

U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Joseph Mussomeli lay wreaths at the shrine on Mt. Samal in Bataan Province during the April 9 ceremony
Japanese Ambassador Ryuichiro Yamazaki joins Vice President De Castro and Chargé Mussomeli in the ceremony.

 

 

Chargé Mussomeli

The fall of Bataan to the Japanese Imperial Army was “one of the worst military defeats in our collective history,” Chargé Mussomeli said in his remarks. “But …maybe that defeat…was essential to our final victory. …And perhaps the courage and sacrifice of those Americans and Filipinos on Bataan proved a profound inspiration to their colleagues as they struggled in the following years to regain our freedom.”

Crowd

 

 

Greg Canono, who fought in Bataan and now a resident of Denver, Colorado

American and Filipino WWII veterans who attended this year’s commemoration rites in Bataan included (clockwise from above): Greg Canono, who fought in Bataan and now a resident of Denver, Colorado; Donald Dencker, who was a member of the 96 th Infantry Division and participated in the liberation of Leyte Province in central Philippines; and Richard Francies, a member of the U.S. Signal Corps, who was a POW at Capas in Tarlac Province, and Cabanatuan in Nueva Ecija.
Donald Dencker, who was a member of the 96 th Infantry Division and participated in the liberation of Leyte Province in central Philippines
Richard Francies, a member of the U.S. Signal Corps, who was a POW at Capas in Tarlac Province, and Cabanatuan in Nueva Ecija.

 

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