World War II Honoree

Carlos J. Albert

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Manila, Philippine Islands

Honored By

Commodore Ramon A. Alcaraz (Ret)

Relationship

WW II OSP Comrade

AT THE START OF WWII, HE WAS OPERATIONS OFFICER, OFF SHORE PATROL, PHILIPPINE ARMY, U.S. ARMED FORCES FAR EAST, THAT SAW GALLANT ACTION IN THE BEACH DEFENSE OF LAMAO, BATAAN. JANUARY 1942, HE BECAME COMMANDING OFFICER, PATROL BOAT BALER THAT PATROLLED EASTERN BATAAN COAST. WHEN BATAAN SURRENDERED APRIL 9, 1942 HE TRIED TO SAVE HIS BOAT BY ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE BUT UNFORTUNATELY, JAPANESE DESTROYERS CAPTURED HIS BOAT AND CREW AND EARNED THE DISTINCTION AS FIRST PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE OFF SHORE PATROL DURING WWII. AFTER RELEASE AS A SICK POW, HE JOINED THE UNDERGROUND AND FOUGHT THE ENEMY UNTIL LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES EARLY 1945.