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Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Frankie Ramirez draws a map of Manila Bay and its four island fortresses from which he fought in the Battle of Corregidor during World War II. Ramirez, 92, was in a regiment of the Philippine Scouts stationed at Fort Frank, on tiny Carabao Island. When Allied forces in the area were forced to surrender after the fall of Bataan, Ramirez became one of 70,000 prisoners of war taken to Camp O'Donnell. There, he joined the emaciated survivors of the Bataan Death March. Because he was a native Filipino, Ramirez was released after three months and promptly joined a guerrilla group and kept fighting the Japanese until the war ended. After WWII, he went on to serve for another 16 years, fighting in the Korean War before finally being stationed at Fort Hood in 1961. 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 12:46 |
| Photo ID: | 1532926 |
| VIRIN: | 140712-A-ZU930-007 |
| Resolution: | 4288x2848 |
| Size: | 5.52 MB |
| Location: | KILLEEN, TX, US |
| Web Views: | 26 |
| Downloads: | 4 |
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