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WWII vet tells his story
February 18, 2021
This year marks the 75th anniversary of Wahkiakum VFW Post No. 5297, whose charter was signed on January 7, 1946, after young servicemen, who had returned to the community from foreign locales after World War II decided to form a local branch of the VFW, or Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.
Cathlamet resident Tom Irving, who is 98, was one of the charter members.
“People wonder why there were so many of us,” Irving said. “We had people that worked down at the lumber mill and at the box factory, where they made cheese boxes.”
Sharif Aguak, Maguindanao
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Lt. Col. Anhouvic Atilano, Army’s Sixth Infantry Division spokesperson, said Thursday the undermanned Army-para military patrol base in Barangay Labu-Labu was attacked at around 10 p.m. by an undetermined number of BIFF extremists.
No one from the government side was hurt in the attack, he said.
Military forces, backed by Simba tanks and artillery fire, pounded the BIFF positions within a kilometer radius from the government forces’ detachment that resulted in the withdrawal of the terrorists, Atilano said.
Army officials said it was unknown if the attackers suffered casualties, noting that soldiers from nearby detachments also fired machineguns and mortars on the BIFF positions.