A Child of World War II Writes
LOVE IS TIMELESS IN WAR AND IN PEACE
A Truth Beyond Compare
About The Author
Lourdes A. Ongkeko, Ph.D.
Lourdes J. Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. calls herself a child of World War II as soon as she saw how it announced itself in her native Philippines. She was a first-semester public high school sophomore of Baguio City High School, Northern Luzon. War announced itself on December 8, 1941 through what was later identified as carpet bombing.
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The memory of World War II and the Japanese occupation of the Philippines is hardwired into the collective Filipino consciousness. Filipinos of that generation, including Lourdes J. Astraquillo Ongkeko, preserve precious memories of that time.
Ongkeko has resided in the United States for many years. But this has not darkened her wartime memories. As she writes in her autobiographical composition, “Love Is Timeless in War and Peace: A Truth Beyond Compare”: Read more
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