The United States Embassy in Manila has praised former Filipino World War II veteran Enrique “Ike” Sobrepeña Jr. for his part in the liberation of Baguio from the clutches of the invading Japanese army.
The ceremony was immediately preceded by the handling of the US flag to the family of the deceased war veteran. Former Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Rafael Seguis remembered Sobrepeña, or ‘Kabise’ to his close friends, as a “giving Christian” who always finds a special place in his heart to help the church where they both belong.
When funeral plans were being conceptualized in the ‘60s, he was tasked by the Alfonso Yuchengo Group to organize the first memorial plan task force in the country. Thereafter, another company, the Pacific Memorial Plan group was created and he was handpicked to set up the new operation along with some Americans who were brought by in Yuchengco to help set up the pre-need group.
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