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(Contributed photo) June 10, 2021 ALBERTO Bawagan Fernandez, a Cebuano war veteran, died Wednesday, June 9, 2021. He was 99 years old.
Fernandez, born on August 21, 1921 in Doong, Bantayan, Cebu to Francisco Fernandez and Genara Bawagan, was studying in the Philippine National High School (now Abellana), when World War 2 came to the Philippines.
He was in the ROTC, when General Wainwright called on all US forces to surrender. When the Japanese forces reached Cebu City, he escaped and took the train to Carcar and when he reached Carcar, he was arrested by Japanese forces and was tied down at the Carcar City rotunda with the late Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos.