On May 25, 2020, the United States celebrates Memorial Day, a federal holiday dedicated to honoring and mourning military personnel who had died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
Monthly Archives: May 2020
Life During Wartime
75th Cagayan Liberation Feature When Cagayan de Oro had to mark the 75th Anniversary of its Liberation from Imperial Japan on May 12, 2020 behind closed doors, it recalled a similar situation when everyone’s freedom of movement was drastically curtailed by the Japanese Occupation from 1942 to 1945. The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) imposed tight restrictions …
The Tagoloan-Bugo Operations 27 April -09 May 1945
Prelude to Cagayan’s Liberation (We are presenting the following story of the prelude to the Liberation of Cagayan, Misamis on 12 May 1945, in commemoration of its 75th Anniversary so we can remember those who sacrificed and paid the ultimate sacrifice that we may enjoy freedom as a democratic republic. Mabuhay!) Before the Liberation of …
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Antonio Julian Montalvan: The Forgotten World War II Martyr of Cagayan de Misamis
75th Cagayan Liberation Anniversary Feature Story One of the perpendicular streets which links Burgos to Don Apolinar Velez streets in Cagayan de Oro City in the Philippines is named Antonio Julian Montalvan , but few of those traversing it or even living along it have any idea whom it is named after. Antonio Julian Montalván y …
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75th Cagayan Liberation Anniversary Feature – Maj. Jose Manuel Corrales Montalvan, 1st Camp Commander of the‘Kampo’
Few Kagay-anons today are aware that the first camp commander of the Philippine Army’s biggest military camp in Mindanao was a Lumad (native Kagay-anon). Major Jose Manuel Corrales Montalvan was initially assigned as Cadre Commander of the 2nd Misamis Oriental (Machine Gun) Cadre at Camp Bulua (present day Camp Edilberto Evangelista) in Cagayan, a post …
Captain Andres Bacal : Cagayan’s Forgotten War Hero
My interest in our local world war history started six years ago. But studying it with the absence of written primary sources compounded with the dying population of veterans was a hard task to do. Our local historians were silent about it perhaps because word-of-mouth and pass down stories were hard to validate without written …
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May 12, 2020 – 75th Anniversary of Cagayan de Oro’s Liberation during WW2
May 12, 2020 is the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of what was then known as Cagayan (or Cagayan de Misamis to the older folks) from the Japanese Empire during World War II. Unfortunately, due to restrictions enforced by the city government according to the IATF general community quarantine guidelines, no public ceremonies are still allowed …
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DA-10 brings Kadiwa on Wheels to Oro barangays
Elson Jalapong, a sari-sari store owner in Barangay 23 is thankful to the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-10) for bringing the Kadiwa Market direct to their barangay. Since the city-wide implementation of the community quarantine, his family has been making do with little income to provide for their daily needs. “I …
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