ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 118, April 17, 1968

CREATING A COMMITTEE TAKE CHARGE OF THE TURNOVER BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT OF THE PACIFIC WAR MEMORIAL ON CORREGIDOR ISLAND

WHEREAS, the Government of the United States, in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, has constructed a battlefield-type memorial, known as the Pacific War Memorial, on Corregidor Island as a fitting monument to the war efforts and joint sacrifices of the Filipinos and Americans who fought and died, in the Pacific area during World War II;

WHEREAS, the Pacific War Memorial will be turned over to the Philippine Government on June 22, 1968; and

WHEREAS, in order to impress upon our people as well as the rest of the free world the significance of the Pacific War Memorial, it is fitting and proper that the dedication and turnover be observed with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the successful execution of such appropriate ceremonies for the dedication and turnover of the Pacific War Memorial, composed of the following:

Undersecretary Manuel Q. Salientes ................................................................. Chairman

Undersecretary Manuel B. Syquio .............................................................................. Member

Commissioner Gregorio Araneta II .............................................................................. Member

General Segundo P. Velasco ....................................................................................... Member

Administrator Atilano R. Cinco ........................................................................................ Member

Colonel Simeon C. Medalla ................................................................................................ Member

Major General Ismael Lapuz (Ret.) ............................................................................. Member

The Committee is empowered to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need and to create such subcommittees or staffs as may be necessary.

Done in the City of Manila, this 17th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS

Executive Secretary