Honoring Pangasinan WWII Heroes
CAPITOL NEWS
Governor Amado I. Espino, III along with 2nd District Representative Leopoldo N. Bataoil, event guest of honor and speaker, and some Sangguniang Panlalawigan members led by Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, flashes the Pangasinan No. 1 sign as they honor the World War II veterans during the 73rd Lingayen Gulf Landings and 11th Pangasinan Veterans’ Day.
The Provincial Government of Pangasinan, under the leadership of Governor Amado I. Espino III, led the celebration of the 73rd Lingayen Gulf Landings Anniversary and 11th Pangasinan Veterans’ Day which was held on January 9 at the Veterans’ Memorial Park in Lingayen.
Honored as Pangasinan heroes, 73 of the 275 living veterans attended the event which was highlighted by the wreath-laying ceremony.
The commemorative program had 2nd district Representative Leopoldo N. Bataoil, the House of Representatives’ Committee Chairperson on Veterans Affairs and Welfare, as the guest of honor and speaker.
Second District Representative Leopoldo N. Bataoil (left), who was the honored guest speaker of the 73rd Lingayen Gulf Landings and 11th Pangasinan Veterans day, along with Pangasinan Governor Amado I. Espino, III (right) and military host, Col. Henry Robinson, Jr. of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (middle), lead the wreath-laying ceremony.
The Philippine Army stages rounds of salutations at the Veterans Memorial Park to pay tribute to the World War II veterans and their families.
Event guest of honor and speaker Congressman Leopoldo N. Bataoil, Governor Amado I. Espino, III and Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, Jr. led other provincial and city municipal mayors to flash the staging of the 73rd Lingayen Gulf Landing Anniversary and 11th Pangasinan Veterans Day.
“Our veterans, with their memories failing and with their knees already weakened, still carry in their hearts the memory of freedom, the memory of peace, the memory of glorious days as Filipinos.” • Archbishop Socrates Villegas
“Ngayon po ating pinaparangalan ang ating mga buhay na bayani. Pinaparangalan natin sila sa kanilang sakripisyo at pagbubuwis ng buhay.” • Cong. Leopoldo N. Bataoil
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