1945 - Manuel C. Colayco,
Filipino "liberation hero" dies after an enemy hand grenade explodes
in front of the University of Santo Tomas' main gate where he was
pointing out to his fellow guerrilla soldiers the strategic spots and
important buildings in the campus; Colayco's group was leading the
rescue operations to free Filipino and Americans being held captive by
the Japanese in UST during World War II; a lawyer, faculty member and
editor, Colayco enlisted in the Philippine Army during the imperialist American
colonial era and volunteered to serve in the first line of defense of Bataan
when the Japanese occupied the Philippines when Pacific theater of WW
II broke out; he survived the brutal Death March and was later released
by the Japanese in Capaz enabling him to reestablish and head the 7th
Manila Unit of the Allied Intelligence Bureau in October 1942, and to
publish the guerrilla newspaper "Freedom"; the guerrilla operation that
caused him his life involved leading forces to Manila and through the gate of UST, with the prisoners in the University eventually liberated.
Photo credit: http://nemoto2009.blog73.fc2.com/blog-date-20100308.html
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