WHEREAS, the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor are historic milestones 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 valor and sacrifices of those who fought and died during the epic struggle for freedom and democracy, and of the transcending significance of such struggle in our national development 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 34th anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Undersecretary for Civil Relations Department of National Defense	-	Chairman
The Chief of Staff Armed Forces of the Philippines	-	Co-Chairman
The Administrator Philippine Veterans Affairs Office	-	Vice-Chairman
The Governor Province of Bataan	-	Member
The Governor Province of Cavite	-	Member
The Commanding General Philippine Army	-	Member
The Flag-Officer-in Command Philippine Navy	-	Member
The Director Bureau of Special Services, DOT	-	Member
The Director Bureau of Public Works	-	Member
The Secretary-General Veterans Federation of the Philippines	-	Member
The Chief Office for Civil Relations, AFP	-	Member
The National Commander Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor	-	Member
The Acting Coordinator Military Memorials Division, PVAO	-	Member/Secretary

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 16th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.


By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant