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In my last trip to Manila two weeks ago, Ret. Major General Jose Magno — or JoeMag for short to all his friends and colleagues – invited me to a social event which turned out to be a gathering of Vietnam War veterans.But, as it developed, the party turned out to be quite a ball.
We have the CPP/NPA insurgency, the Islamic secessionist military campaigns in Mindanao and our many recent political upheavals resulting in Presidents leaving abruptly that will have to be written by those who participated in those historical events. I have written about this many times that we are losing valuable knowledge because for one reason or another we Filipinos do not seem to want to write our life experiences and share them with the public. Perhaps, one reason why participants are hesitant to write their stories is because of the effect it might have on their careers.In other countries like the United States, it is the other way around.
I suggested one simple way of doing this is to get a video camera, sit in front of it and just talk no matter how long.If the planned President Fidel V. Ramos Presidential Library becomes a reality, then these recordings can be sent there.PVAO should create a team to go from veteran to veteran doing all the recordings and filing them for future military researchers before all these veterans are gone.
JoeMag also mentioned he has a long video recording of himself during his time with the late President Ramos, starting from their time in the Special Forces to their time in Fort Bragg, now called Fort Liberty.All that has to be done is for PVAO to draft a plan to operationalize the activity.One is that such books or records will serve as a counter weight to people who want to revise history to suit their own agenda like politics or simply wanting to look good for posterity.
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