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Frank B Quesada (Col. U.S. Army Retired )
Born:
January 29, 1924
Mission Statement - “To
secure and restore the unpaid compensation and benefits for honorable
and active military service (of retirement) pensions denied by
Government. Entered US military service, in Nov.1941, in Manila, incorporated into the United States Army Forces in the Far East, shortly before World War-II, in the Philippines His college studies ( Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration ) at the University of the Philippines was interrupted by the Pacific War and World War-II in Dec.8, 1941, in defense against the Japanese invasion, that over-ran the USAFFE resistance. Continued wartime irregular and unconventional (guerrilla) warfare service after surrender of Bataan and Corregidor ( in April , 1942.), joined the Hunter-ROTC Guerillas in Luzon, Philippines, continuously served up to 1946. liberation of the Philippines cooperation with the US an allied liberation and occupation forces. Received an outstanding award for noted participation behind enemy lines, and in the physical assault-rescue of all 2,146 American and allied POWs camp in Los Banos, in Feb 23, 1945, in a joint operation with the U.S. 11th Airborne Division, US 8th Army, in Luzon, under Lt.Gen.Robert Eichelberger, Maj. Gen, Joseph M. Swing, and BGen. E. Adevoso CG, Hunters-ROTC Guerrillas This little-known heroic feat later earned the uncommon tribute from former Joint Chief-of-Staff .Gen. Colin Powell, who said, to wit: “:I doubt that any airborne and guerrilla unit in the world will ever be able to rival the Los Banos raid. It is a textbook operation for all ages and all nation.” Was combat intelligence operative, 43rd Infantry Division, Counter-Intelligence Command (CIC) with Agents: Ray E. Jackson and Eric Hager, under Maj.Gen. Leonard Wing. CG of the 43rd Infantry Division,. and BGen.. A. Marking, Marking’s guerrilla, who was credited in the capture of Ipo Dam, from the Japanese stronghold in Sierra Madre mountain, that supplied as the only source of potable water for Greater Manila area. Observer plotting enemy lairs in Sierra Madre mountain, for the 152nd Field Artillery BN. Attached with Capt. Rivers Deglow, that later resulted to the surrender of no less than 5,000 Japanese despondent stragglers defenders (of the enemy’s Shimbo Defense Line) in Sierra Madre Mt., Eastern Laguna Province. Was detailed as Asst. S-2 with the 19th Hqs., Armed Forces in the West Pacific (AFWESPAC) Military Police Command (MPC Luzon Zone Pacification Campaign of dissidents in Luzon that brought the dissidents to the folds of the law. Was Military Advisor to the Governor Juan Pambuan, of Laguna Province., Southern Luzon. Took advantage of the GI Bill of Rights (educational benefits) to take up pre-law course. Demobilized in 1946 in Manila, Philippine, then continued higher study grants in European capitals as (U.N. grantee in Turino, Italy ,at the United Nations’ Technical and Professional Management Center of the WTO’s International, Cours Pluridiscipliiaire Etud Especiale.for international government administrators. Completed doctoral studies of “Comparative Structures of Governments, and Respective Socio-Economic and Political Systems,” Won a gold Medal for Excellence, awarded by UN Director Genera Robert Lonati. Received a grant at the Svenska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, on Socialized Econmic systems, and Cooperative Societies. Led a delegation to the International Conference on Human Rights and Social Welfare at Helsinki, Finland. Then joined Goodwill mission to the USSR, East Berlin during the Cold War. Was awarded a grant at the ROC Defense and War College, recommended by the then, ROC President Chiang Ching Kuo, and by the Council for World Freedom (CWF). at Taipeh, Taiwan, Republic of China. Was chosen by the then, Defense Sec. Ramon Magsaysay, as psy-war advisor for the Dept. of Defense. Later was elevated to Senate Committee Secretary of the Veterans and Military Pensions under Sen,.J. Wright Diokno, Committee Chairman. No later, was chosen by US Senator Daniel K. Inouye, as his staff of the “U.S Senate Inquiry on the Unsettled Filipino-American World War-II Veterans Benefits.” Resumed his military career at the USARNG California State National Guard’s Defense Force’s Military Reserves of 3 Brigades as Division Deputy Chief-of-Staff, after serving as G-3, and concurrently as Logistics Advisor, of the 2nd Infantry Brigade at Fort Funston, in San Francisco, California. Was a noted member of the ad hoc National Defense Committee, chaired by Lt. Gen Daniel O. Graham, based at the White House during the Reagan Administration. He retired from the armed services, and accepted a position in the Circuit Executives Office of the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, garnering 28 awards and commendations upon retirement from Circuit Judges, not to leave out an outstanding commendation from former Circuit Judge, now US Supreme Court Justice, Anthony Kennedy. He spent part of his waking hours at the INS District Office of Director David Ilchert, assisting thousands of his World War-II comrades win their US citizenship by virtue of their WW-II active and honorable military service under the Immigration Reform Act of 1990. Part of his uncommon military and non-military services (as imbedded intel-operative) in various international emergency mercy missions ( overtly as technical air-traffic coordinator of participating international air-carriers ) - as a noted participant in the following:
(a) “Operations : Airlift “
in re-supplying logistics by
air for the UN troops the Korean War; (c)
Emergency mass
evacuation of undocumented, stranded Estonians, White
Russians, Europeans, Chinese nationals to the Free West to escape
capture by the Chinese Communists troops of Mao Tse Tung
RP-US and foreign awards and decorations earned during WW-II and hereafter were :following per GO,G-131-015 Cert.#46571, etc., issued the ff:: (1) Philippine Defense medal (2) Philippine Liberation medal (3) Phil. Independence medal (4) American Defense medal (5) American Defense medal (6) World War-II medal (7) Luzon Campaign medal (8) Phil.Rep.Unit Citation badge (9) Distinguished US Unit badge (10) California National Guard Distinguished Unit Citation badge (11) RP Anti-Dissident Campaign medal (12) USARNG Cal. Achievement Award medal (Biological, Radiological Warfare medal (13) Hunters Guerrilla medal of valor and loyalty (14) Am-Legion International. Amity medal (15) American Ret. Officers Assn. medal (16) Military Merit Medal, as authorized under Section 640 of the California Military and Veteran’s Code, presented by BGen. G.Titus, CG of the USARNG recommended by Major Gen. Richard E. Keith, CG, USARNG California Defense Forces, for exceptional meritorious service as Operations and Training Advisor for 4 BDEs, at Hqs. at Sacramento, California. (17) Outstanding award by the US House of Representatives, presented by Rep. Don Clausen (CA). (18) Order of Renaissance and Honor medal, presented by Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Chao Tsu Yu, upon order by President Chiang Ching Kou (Son of the late Gen. Chiang Kai Shek) for extra-ordinary services for the Koumintang Government.. (19). Veteran’s Medal of Honor with Cravat, presented by Lt Gen. (Ret) Chao Tsu Yu, as President of the VCARs as outstanding war veteran. (NOTE: above information limited use and restricted under copy-write, not for public dissemination)
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