Administrative Order No. 365 (1975)
Creating an executive committee to take charge of the planning and execution of commemorative activities for the 33rd Anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 365, March 11, 1975 ]
CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE 33rd 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 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 objectives 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 33rd anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor. The Committee shall be composed of the following:
The Chief of Staff – Chairman
Armed Forces of the Philippines
The Administrator – Vice-Chairman
Philippine Veterans Affairs Office
The Governor – Member
Province of Bataan
The Governor – Member
Province of Cavite
The Director – Member
Department of Tourism
The Commanding General – Member
Philippine Army
The Flag Officer-in-Command – Member
Philippine Navy
The Officer-in-Charge – Member
Office for Civil Relations
The President – Member
Veterans Federation of the Philippines
The National Commander – Member
Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor
The Chief Civil Engineer – Member
Infrastructure Programming and Execution Service
Bureau of. Public Works
The Acting Coordinator – Member/Secretary
Military Memorials Div., PVAO
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 11th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary