WHEREAS, the Fall of Baaan 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 35th anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Undersecretary for Civilian Relations Department of National Defense	ˆ’	Chairman
The Undersecretary for Tourism Department of Tourism	ˆ’	Co-Chairman
The Chief of Staff Armed Forces of the Philippines	ˆ’	Vice-Chairman
The President, Philippine Veterans Bank	ˆ’	Member
The Administrator of Veterans Affairs, PVAO	ˆ’	Member
The Executive Vice-President, VFP	ˆ’	Member
The Assistance Secretary, DLGCD	ˆ’	Member
The Deputy Commissioner of the Budget	ˆ’	Member
The Chairman, National Historical Institute	ˆ’	Member
The Special Assistant on Veterans Affairs, DND	ˆ’	Member
The Director General of Protocol, DFA	ˆ’	Member
The Director, National Media Production Center	ˆ’	Member
The Director of Public Works, DPWC	ˆ’	Member
The Director, Bureau of Special Services, DOT	ˆ’	Member
The National Commander Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor	ˆ’	Member
The Chief, Office for Civil Relation, AFP	ˆ’	Member
The Acting Coordinator Military Division, PVAO	ˆ’	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 1st day of March in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.


By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant