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Ramon A. Alcaraz : ウィキペディア英語版 | Ramon A. Alcaraz
Commodore Ramon A. Alcaraz (August 15, 1915 - June 25, 2009) was an officer in the Philippine Navy during the Second World War. A member of the 1st graduating class (4-year curriculum) of the Philippine Military Academy in 1940. He served with Philippine Army after graduation then joined the Offshore Patrol, predecessor of the Philippine Navy. Imprisoned by the Japanese after the Fall of Bataan in Malolos POW Camp.〔()〕 == World War II == During the war, Alcaraz served as the Commanding Officer of the Q-112 Abra, a 55 ft stepped-hull torpedo boat with aftward launch torpedo chutes built for the Philippine Commonwealth Government by the British shipbuilding firm John I. Thornycroft & Company - one of three "Q-boat" torpedo boats used by the offshore patrol during the war.〔()〕 Under Alcaraz' command, the Abra took down three of the nine Japanese "Zero" fighters before he and his crew were captured. Imprisoned by the Japanese at the Malolos POW Camp, Alcaraz was appointed as a head among the prisoners, and took care of his fellow POWs in that capacity.
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