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Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Frankie Ramirez shows a display of his medals earned during a 20-year Army career in which he saw combat in WWII and Korea, July 12, 2014. A native of the Philippines, Ramirez, 92, fought with a regiment of the Philippine Scouts during WWII at Fort Frank, a small rocky island that served as one of four defense forts at the entrance to Manila Bay. When allied forces were forced to surrender after the fall of Bataan, Ramirez became one of 70,000 prisoners of war who were either carted to Camp O'Donnell, which the Japanese had converted into a prison camp, or forced to walk in the infamous Bataan Death March. After three months, Ramirez was released with other native Filipinos and immediately joined a guerilla group, where he continued fighting the Japanese until the war ended. After WWII, he went on to serve for another 16 years, including a tour of duty in the Korean War. Today he lives a quiet life with his wife Christa in Killeen, Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
| Date Taken: | 07.12.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 09.03.2014 12:47 |
| Photo ID: | 1532915 |
| VIRIN: | 140712-A-ZU930-003 |
| Resolution: | 4288x2848 |
| Size: | 5.19 MB |
| Location: | US |
| Web Views: | 46 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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