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Terry Adevoso
View on WikipediaEleuterio "Terry" Lavengco Adevoso, also known by his nom de guerre, "Terry Magtanggol" (February 20, 1922 – March 22, 1975) was a Filipino war hero and later cabinet secretary famous for his role as leader[1][2][3] and co-founder of Hunters ROTC guerilla unit[4][5] during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.[6]: 206 [7]
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Career
[edit]He was appointed as Secretary of Labor in 1954, under the term of President Ramon Magsaysay. He ran for the Philippine Senate in the 1959 Philippine Senate election, but lost. As a member of the opposition, Adevoso was arrested upon the declaration of Martial Law in September 1972. He was only released in September 1974 after languishing in jail as a political prisoner for two years.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Terry married Carmen N. Ferrer after the war and had one child, Jesus Terry F. Adevoso (born 1946). He has three grandchildren, only two of whom he actually met; Johanna Patricia Adevoso-Cañal (born 1970) and Jay Paolo Adevoso (born 1971). The third grandchild, Jenna Crystal Adevoso-Galang, was born in 1985.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Piedad-Pugay, Chris Antonette (2012-09-04). "Success beyond Expectation". National Historical Commission of the Philippines. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
- ^ "Philippine Resistance: Refusal to Surrender". Asia at War. 2009-10-17. History Channel Asia.
- ^ Mojica, Proculo (1960). Terry's Hunters: The True Story of the Hunters ROTC Guerillas.
- ^ "Remember Los Banos 1945". Los Banos Liberation Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc. 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ Connaughton, R., Pimlott, J., and Anderson, D., 1995, The Battle for Manila, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN 0891415785
- ^ Keats, J., 1963, They Fought Alone, New York: J.B. Lippincott Company
- ^ "About Brig. Gen. Terry Adevoso". The Philippine Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
- ^ "Official Week in Review: September 6 – September 12, 1974". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. 1974-09-16. Archived from the original on 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
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