World War II Honoree

Faustino I. Paz

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Philippine Islands

Honored By

Faustino I. Paz

WAS A CORPORAL IN THE U.S. ARMED FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINES, NORTH LUZON. OUR UNIT, 15TH INFANTRY DIVISION, WAS COMMANDED BY COLONEL ARNOLD AND COLONEL VOLKMANN, SUCCESSIVELY. AFTER THE FALL OF BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR IN THE PHILIPPINES, OUR UNIT CONTINUED TO FIGHT AND RESIST THE ADVANCE OF THE JAPANESE INVADERS BY ENGAGING THEM IN GUERILLA WARFARE, THUS DISRUPTING THEIR TIMETABLE TO OCCUPY THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND THE WHOLE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, UNTIL THE RETURN OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR TO THE PHILIPPINES FROM AUSTRALIA TO LIBERATE OUR COUNTRY.