Quezon Service Cross
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The Quezon Service Cross is the highest national recognition of the Republic of the Philippines. It has been awarded to only a handful of Filipinos since its creation in 1946.
Quezon Service Cross diagram
Quezon Service Cross given to Jesse Robredo in 2012
Image: Carlos P. Romulo
Image: Emilio Aguinaldo ca. 1919 (Restored)
Carlos P. Romulo
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Carlos Peña Romulo Sr. was a Filipino diplomat, statesman, soldier, journalist and author. He was a reporter at the age of 16, a newspaper editor by 20, and a publisher at 32. He was a co-founder of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, a general in the US Army and the Philippine Army, university president, and president of the United Nations General Assembly.
Romulo, portrait by Soshana, oil on canvas, 1945
Ang Paglunsad Memorial, Lingayen, Pangasinan. Carlos P. Romulo launched on January 10, 1945, Philippine and Pacific troops to liberate Luzon
Gen. Romulo (3d from R), as President of the United Nations General Assembly, talks with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru