Administrative Order No. 446 — Creating an Executive Committee to Take Charge of the Planning Execution of Commemorative Activities for the 38th Anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor

MALACANANG

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 446

CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PLANNING EXECUTION OF COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE 38th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF BATAAN AND THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR

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

WHEREAS, it is doomed fitting and proper to commemorate these historic events with appropriate activities and/or ceremonies in order to impress upon 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 device ways and means for the successful execution of appropriate activities and/or ceremonies for the commemoration of the 38th anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Deputy Minister for Civilian Relations

Ministry of National Defense - Chairman

The Deputy Minister of Tourism

Minister of Tourism - Co-Chairman

The Deputy Chief of Staff

Armed Forces of the Philippines - Vice-Chairman

The Administrator

Philippine Veterans Affairs Office - Member

The General Manager

Philippine Tourism Authority - Member

The Commanding General

Philippine Amy - Member

The Flag-Officer-In-Command

Philippine Navy - Member

The Executive Vice-President

Veterans Federation of the Philippines - Member

The Special Assistant on Veterans Affairs

Ministry of National Defense - Member

The Chairman

National Historical Institute - Member

The Director

National Media Production Center - Member

The Assistant Minister for Operations

Ministry of Public Works - Member

The Chief, Civil Relations Service, AFP - Member

The National Commander

Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor - Member

The Acting Chief

Military Shrines Service, PVAO - Member/Secretary

The Committee may request any ministry, 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 7th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA

Presidential Assistant

Office of the President of the Philippines. (1980). [Administrative Order Nos. : 439 - 504 ]. Manila : Malacañang Records Office.

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