My Father, The “Soldier”

José Abad Santos was the fifth chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He briefly served as the acting president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and acting commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines during World War II, on behalf of President Quezon after the government went in exile to the United States. After about two months, he was executed by the Japanese forces for refusing to cooperate during their occupation of the country.

Abad Santos’ martyrdom is memorialized on the front of the 1,000 peso bill where he, Josefa Llanes Escoda and General Vicente Lim are featured as heroes of the Philippine resistance against the Japanese Occupation during World War II.

• AuthorJoaquin Angelo “Jake” L. Advincula, Nina Macaraig-Gamboa
• Illustrated byGutch Gutierrez, Aurora Morealis
• GenreBiographies
• PublisherBookmark
• FormatPaperback
• Language English (United States)
• Reading AgeAges 6-10
• ISBN978-971-569-788-0
• Pages16+cover
• Year2013