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

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 consitute 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 36th anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Undersecretary for Civilian Relations	-	Chairman
Department of National Defense
The Undersecretary of Tourism	-	Co-Chairman
Department of Tourism
The Deputy Chief of Staff	-	Vice-Chairman
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Administrator	-	Member
Philippine Veterans Affairs Office
General Manager	-	Member
Philippine Tourism Authority
Commanding General	-	Member
Philippine Army
Flag-Officer-In-Command	-	Member
Philippine Navy
Executive Vice-President	-	Member
Veterans Federation of the Philippines
The Special Assistant on Veterans Affairs	-	Member
Department of National Defense
The Chairman	-	Member
National Historical Institute
The Director	-	Member
National Media Production Center
Director	-	Member
Bureau of Public Works
The National Commander	-	Member
Kabataang Barangay National Secretariat
The Chief, Office for Civil Relations, AFP	-	Member
The Acting Chief	-	Member/Secretary
Military Shrines Services, PVAO

The Committee may request 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 24th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.


By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant