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  • Emilio S. Liwanag
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  • Captain Emilio S. Liwanag (March 27, 1911 – April 12, 1967) was an officer in the Philippine Navy during the Second World War and the Korean War. He started his military career as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 3rd Light Infantry Regiment in the Philippine Army after graduation from the Philippine Military Academy. He joined the Offshore Patrol unit of the U.S. Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) as an 1st Lieutenant during the Second World War and was involved in the Battle of Bataan and during the country's liberation in the Battle of Manila.
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Number
  • 1
  • 2
serviceyears
  • 1938
  • 1941
  • 1947
Birth Date
  • 1911-03-27
Commands
  • Philippine Naval Operating Force
  • Philippine Navy Service Force
Branch
death place
  • Quezon City, Philippines
Name
  • Emilio S. Liwanag
Type
  • service-star
Caption
  • ribbon
Width
  • 60
Ribbon
  • Korean War Service Medal ribbon.png
  • American Defense Service ribbon.svg
  • Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.svg
  • Noribbon.png
  • Phliber rib.png
placeofburial label
  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • Dagupan City, Pangasinan, Philippines
Awards
  • 20
death date
  • 1967-04-12
Rank
Allegiance
  • 22
Battles
  • World War II
  • * Battle of Bataan
  • * Battle of Manila Korean War
  • * Battle of Yultong
placeofburial
  • Libingan ng mga Bayani in Fort Bonifacio
abstract
  • Captain Emilio S. Liwanag (March 27, 1911 – April 12, 1967) was an officer in the Philippine Navy during the Second World War and the Korean War. He started his military career as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 3rd Light Infantry Regiment in the Philippine Army after graduation from the Philippine Military Academy. He joined the Offshore Patrol unit of the U.S. Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) as an 1st Lieutenant during the Second World War and was involved in the Battle of Bataan and during the country's liberation in the Battle of Manila. During the Korean War, he served as an Lieutenant Commander - Logistic officer in the Army's 10th Battalion Combat Team as part of the United Nations Forces - Philippine Expeditionary Forces To Korea (PEFTOK) during the 1st year of the war, which was the first deployment of Philippine combat forces under the Republic of the Philippines into foreign soil. Shortly after his return from his 1st tour in Korea, he served a 2nd tour as Liaison officer under the Philippine Navy for the UN Command and Philippine Diplomatic Representative in Tokyo, Japan.