Basilio Valdes
Filipino general (1892–1970) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Pica and the surname or paternal family name is Valdés.
Basilio José Segundo "Basil" Pica Valdés (July 10, 1892 – January 26, 1970) was a Filipino doctor, general and minister. Valdes was chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1939, and was in 1941 appointed Secretary of National Defense by President Manuel L. Quezon. After the Japanese invasion of the Philippines at the beginning of the Second World War, he was one of the members of Quezon's war cabinet in exile.
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