Brigadier General Tamayo: Commanding Officer of the supply center

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Language

English

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The Philippines Herald March 14, 1970

Year

1970

Subject

Tamayo, Antonio G.

Armed Forces of the Philippines

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Brigadier General Tamayo Covering a lot of ground That s what B F Goodrich has been doing in the past 100 years. With tires that move man and materials in the vast area of transportation. And rubber products that contribute to the prog ress of industry Products backed up by engineering, manufacturing, mar keting and service facilities through out the world In the decades ahead we will strive with better technology to best our past performance That’s why B F Goodrich will be covering a lot of ground And outer space And elsewhere in between Commanding Officer Of the Supply Center Antonio g. tamayo was bom of middle-class parents (Angel Tamayo and Rosario Gutierrez) on Oct. 31, 1919 in Laoag, Ilocos Norte. As a youngster, he nurtured hopes of becoming a general. Through hard work, will power and a grim determination, he finallv turned a virtual im possible dream into reality. Tamayo graduated from the Ilocos High School in 1937. After a short stint as an en gineering student at the Mapua Institute of Technology, he entered the Philippine M’.litary Academy in 1941 where World War II caught up with him while still a cadet. He joined the guerrillas as a second lieu tenant in the USAFIP NL in October 1943 under then Major Simeon Valdez, now Congressman of Ilocos Norte, and was wounded in action at the battle of Besang Pass. After the Japanese sur rendered to the allies in 1945, he was assigned detachment commander of the Military Police Command which post he held until 1947. Pilot School B.E Goodrich 1870-1970 JOO"' Anniversary When the builders of the mighty ANGAT DAM needed local cement, they chose extra strong and reliable Filipinas Cement. Tons of water rush down the great spillways of Angat Dam every minute. Hundreds of pounds of pressure per square inch push against the walls. Tough f°r a cement. That's why they specified Filipinas ... it has that strength and binding power required for the job. CEMENT - FROM MEN WHO KNOW CONSTRUCTION BEST In 1962, he obtained his master’s degree in political science as a full scholar. 1948 found him base adjutant of Nichols Air Base. He attended pilot school, class 1949 at the Fernando Air Base, later on going through USAF technical school in 1951 taking up maintenance engineering in the United States. Upon his return to the Philippines, he became squadron commander of the 419th mo tor vehicle squadron. The fifties found him steadily going up in rank: deputy for material (410th air material wing), squadron commander (431st MSS of the 5th Fighter Wing in Pampanga) and group commandei of the 430th maintenance and supply group also of the Basa Air Base which he held until 1962. He was sent again to the United States to take up advanced aircraft maintenance management (class of 1959) and he underwent an on-the-job training in Sacra mento, California. Other Commands In 1962. Tamayo took the Air Command and Staff Course (ACSC) of the Philippine Air Force and the United States Air Force Advanced Management Course in 1963. Rising steadily in bis military career from 1963 to 1(*67. he was designated deputy for ma teriel, Home Defense Forces in 1967,' Chief of Staff of the Southvzest Command (SOWESCOM) in 1968, depot commander of the Philip pine Air Force in January to April 1969, and deputy commander of the AFP Supply Center in May, 1969 Then in June, 1969, Defense Secretary Ernesto Mata appointed him com manding officer. Last January 24, Tamayo, then a full colonel, was promoted to one-star general by President Ferdinand E. Marcos. General Tamayo is a recipient of numerous awards, decorations and medals: (1) Military Merit Medal, (2) Soldier’s Medal, (3) Purple Heart Award, (4) Anti-Dissident Campaign Me dal, (5) Long Service Medal, (6) Phil Indepen dence Medal, (7) Asiatic-Pacific Medal, (8) World War II Victory Medal, (9) Distinguished Unit Badge, (10) Presidential Unit Citation, (11) Phil Liberation Medal and (12) Combat Infantrymen’s Badge. Commendations For his meritorious and extraordinary per formance as a career soldier, he had received a string of commendations. General Tamayo is an avid badminton, ten nis and golf player. He is married to the former Purificacion de Lara. They have seven children: 3 boys and 4 girls Page 10 AFP SUPPLY CENTER SUPPLEMENT March 14, 1970

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