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Word: peregrino (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1951-1951
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Usage:

...commander to send him down to Manila for some radio gear. Once in the capital, Jones got his information to Secretary Magsaysay, who immediately sent 6,000 soldiers converging on Mt. Dortz from four sides. They routed the outnumbered Reds, destroyed 57 buildings, killed more than too, including Peregrino and Rebecca Taruc, cousin and sister of Huk Army Commander Luis Taruc. Exulted Magsaysay last week: "We have just disrupted the biggest and most active Huk regional command in central Luzon and seized what was probably the Huk army's most strategically located stronghold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Spy Among the Huks | 9/3/1951 | See Source »

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