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}} Vicente Podico Lim (February 24, 1888 – December 31, 1944) was a Filipino Brigadier General and hero during World War II. Lim was the first Filipino graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point (Class of 1914). Prior to the establishment of the Philippine Army, he served as an officer in the Philippine Scouts (a now-defunct component of the US Army). During the Battle of Bataan, Lim was the Commanding General of the 41st Infantry Division, Philippine Army (USAFFE). After the fall of the Philippines he contributed to the Filipino resistance movement until he was captured and subsequently executed. Lim was one of the seven Charter Members of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines. He is memorialized in the Philippines' 1,000-Peso banknote together with two other Filipino heroes who fought and died against the Japanese during the Second World War. ==Early life and education== Vicente Lim was born on February 24, 1888 in the town of Calamba, Laguna, and was the third of Jose Ayala Lim-Yaoco and Antonia Podico's four children. His father was a full-blooded Chinese migrant who braided his hair in a queue. His mother, Antonia Podico, was a Chinese ''mestiza''. Jose Lim died when Vicente was just nine years old, leaving his mother to raise him and his three siblings from the earnings of a small business. Vicente and the other Lim children, Joaquin, Olympia and Basilisa, like many offspring of Filipino-Chinese marriages, grew up identifying themselves with the Filipino rather than the Chinese community. Among the friends of Jose Lim and Antonia Podico was the family of José Rizal, who was later recognized as the Philippines’ national hero.〔Lim, V. (1980). To Inspire and to Lead : The Letters of Gen. Vicente Lim, 1938-1942. (A. Lim, Ed.) Manila.〕 The Lim Family, like the Rizal Family, leased land owned by the Dominican Order: rice lands in Barrios Lecheria and Real and sugar land in Barrio Barandal. In 1891, recurring disputes between the Spanish administrators of the Dominican estate and the tenants over rental rates and conditions came to a head and resulted in the eviction of many tenants from their lands. Among the victims were the Lim and Rizal families.〔Lim, V. (1980). To Inspire and to Lead : The Letters of Gen. Vicente Lim, 1938-1942. (A. Lim, Ed.) Manila.〕 Vicente completed grade school in Tanauan, Batangas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vicente Lim」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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