In Belmont Plantation, Leesburg Virginia, with the President and family. Mrs. Quezon, Major Cruz & Chaplain Ortiz went to Washington and returned 7:30 p.m. At 3 p.m. I drove to Leesburg. Temperature cool.
Basilio J. Valdes
Basilio J. Valdes, M.D. (July 10, 1892 –January 26, 1970), soldier, doctor, cabinet member, businessman. Chief of Staff, Philippine Army, 1939-1945; Secretary of National Defense in the Quezon and Osmeña War Cabinets, 1941-45. Professor of Surgery at the University of Santo Tomas (UST), Medical Director of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, 1948-1970.
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