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Word: guevera (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...year-old girl from The Bronx, was stationed for further training at Fort Belvoir, Va. While there, hot-tempered Romero was often accused by brother officers of an inferiority complex, possibly due to his lowly background. He arranged parties for the late Resident Commissioner of the Philippines Pedro Guevera, and after one such affair called up Guevera in Washington at midnight, bawled him out for not paying for liquor consumed at the party. Assigned to his native Philippines, Romero rose to a captaincy in the Philippine Scouts (Filipino soldiers officered mostly by West Pointers). A month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Spy Trial | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

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