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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Guilliermo B. Apolinario

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Manila, Philippine Islands

Honored By

Guillermo Apolinario

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ATTACHED TO THE U.S. NAVY INFANTRY BATTALION COMMANDED BY COMMANDER FRANCIS J. BRIDGET, U.S. NAVY. SAW ACTION AGAINST THE JAPANESE ON JANUARY 25 - 27, 1942 AT MOUNT PUCOT AND LONGOSKAWAYAN, BATAAN. ESCAPED TO CORREGIDOR VIA MARIVELES ON EVE OF FALL OF BATAAN. CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE IN FORT MILLS, CORREGIDOR ON APRIL 9, 1942. WAS A POW UNTIL THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES IN MARCH 1945.