Wretchard: The story of the non-communist, anti Marcos underground is a story that I wish could be thoroughly related. Unbelievable band or heros, I would say.

From my perch on a US MI desk, I concluded that Ferdinand Marcos was spending a lot more time and effort coddling communists than opposing them. My efforts to point this out to certain authorities/diplomats were, to put it mildly, unappreciated.

Without you and your comrades, that People Power Revolution of 1986 could never have taken place. Logistics, my man, logistics.

I would like to think that some efforts by a
certain Woodrow Wilson Smith were of use to you.

I just finished reading Colonel Frank Quesada’s telling of the Los Banos raid conducted primarily by young Filipinos in 1945. Little doubt that it saved many an American civilian prisoner from gruesome death. And it is little known.

Oh well. Honor comes from doing. Any adulation is a bonus.

See you mentioned JOMA Sison. When it comes to that *&^%$* of a ^%#*@, I have a suggestion: If you will bring the flag, I have the Krag. (1898 Cavalry Carbine)

Don’t know what else to say Wretch, so will you convey a heartfelt “Well Done!” to your friends?