ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 400, March 01, 1977

CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF BATAAN AND THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR

Administrative Orders March 1, 1977
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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

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Chairman

The Undersecretary for Tourism
Department of Tourism

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Co-Chairman

The Chief of Staff
Armed Forces of the Philippines

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Vice-Chairman

The President, Philippine Veterans Bank

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Member

The Administrator of Veterans Affairs, PVAO

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Member

The Executive Vice-President, VFP

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Member

The Assistance Secretary, DLGCD

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Member

The Deputy Commissioner of the Budget

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Member

The Chairman, National Historical Institute

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Member

The Special Assistant on Veterans Affairs, DND

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Member

The Director General of Protocol, DFA

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Member

The Director, National Media Production Center

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Member

The Director of Public Works, DPWC

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Member

The Director, Bureau of Special Services, DOT

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Member

The National Commander
Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor

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Member

The Chief, Office for Civil Relation, AFP

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Member

The Acting Coordinator
Military Division, PVAO

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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.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant