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 32nd anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor.
The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Undersecretary Manuel Q. Salientes	-	Chairman
Department of National Defense
Maj. Gen. Fabian C. Ver	-	Co-Chairman
Presidential Security Command
Atty. Juan L. Gacad	-	Vice Chairman
Philippine Veterans Affairs Office
Governor Efren M. Pascual	-	Member
Province of Bataan
Governor Dominador Camerino	-	Member
Province of Cavite
Maj. Gen. Rafael G. Zagala	-	Member
Philippine Army
Rear Adm. Hilario M. Ruiz	-	Member
Philippine Navy
Director Jose Clemente	-	Member
Department of Tourism
Engr. Felix C. Codilla	-	Member
Department of Public Works
Engr. Delfin Bacho	-	Member
Veterans Federation of the Philippines
Professor Jorge L. Revilla	-	Member
Students Assistance Committee
Brig. Gen. Teodorico P. Almuete (Ret)	-	Member
Phil. Veterans Assistance Commission
Colonel Antonio S. Vinluan (Ret)	-	Member
Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor
Colonel Manuel A. Acosta (Ret)	-	Member/Secretary
Military Memorials Division, PVAO

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 may be necessary.

Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.


Republic of the Philippines

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