This Memorial Day

Mark (Marcos) DaAton was a Philippines Scout in World War II , POW, Baatan Death March survivor, and my grandfather. He passed away a little over ten years ago, but it wasn’t until recently that I realized his role in WWII, and I still don’t know very much about it besides the above. However, I’m working on finding out more. One of the reasons I’d like to take a post in Manilla one day (not our first post), is so I can find out a little bit more about my mom’s side of the family.

Last year, my Tito Rob sent this out to the family, and I would like to share it with you:

Attached are some photo’s I took at the museum last weekend of some display changes we made.

An honor to the Veterans of WWII, Korea & Vietnam. The bayonet I brought back from Seaside is used to anchor the display. The flag is a 48 star flag.

Dad’s uniform I took from Seaside and put on display. The cap is mine from when I was stationed in Michigan (1967-60) Both are dated around 1950’s (Korean War) is the reason it is in the Korean period display.

Here is the uniform display, click on the picture for the rest. The album is a little barren right now, but Tito Rob is going to send me a few more pictures, which I’ll post in the near future.