WHEREAS, the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor are historic milestone in our nationhood;

WHEREAS, it is deemed fitting and proper to commemorate these historic events with appropriate activities and/or ceremonies in order to impress our people as well as the rest of the world of the efforts and sacrifices of those who fought and died during the crucial struggle for freedom and democracy, and of the transcending significance of such struggle in our national undertakings and aspirations;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and create an Executive Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the successful execution of appropriate activities and/or ceremonies for the commemoration of the 31st anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

General Romeo C. Espino	-	Honorary Chairman
Chief of Staff, AFP
Col. Rizalino P. Lacuna	-	Chairman
National Commander, DBC
Comdr. Romulo M. Espaldon	-	Co-Chairman
Deputy Chief of Staff, AFP
Col. Manuel A. Acosta (Ret.)	-	Vice Chairman
Executive Director, NSC
Commr. Gregorio Araneta II	-	Member
Philippine Tourist Commission
Brig. Gen. Teodorico P. Almuete	-	Member
(Ret.) Assistance Center for Ex-Servicemen, DND
Brig. Gen. Rafael G. Zagala	-	Member
Philippine Array
Comdr. Hilario M. Ruiz	-	Member
Philippine Navy
Gov. Efren M. Pascual	-	Member
Province of Bataan
Prof. Esteban A. de Ocampo	-	Member
National Historical Commission
Engr. Felix C. Codilla	-	Member
Dept. of Public Marks, Trans. & Communications
Mr. Patrick Pineda	-	Member
Dept. of Agri. & Nat. Resources
Engr. Delfin Bacho	-	Member
Veterans Federation of the Philippines
Mr. Vicente Liwag	-	Member
Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor
Col. Teofilo San Agustin (Ret.)	-	Member
Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor
Col. Antonio S. Vinluan (Ret.)	-	Member/Secretary
Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor

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 committee, sub-committee or staffs as nay be necessary.

Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.


President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary