Alejandro Arrivas:  

Life REMINISCENCES is a title of my book I am presently writing. The following is an excerpt taken from my book. My Fondest Hopes and Dreams There had been so very few stories written concerning the lives of the young victims of war in the Philippines during World War II. What really and actually happened to them? Where are they now? This is a true story of one victim of that war, a life story spanning more than half of a century ago. An Army brat from Iloilo, son of the Elite Philippine Scout Soldier, a boy born in a country at peace but without provocation was untimely interrupted by a much superior nation, the Imperial Country of Japan. Japan attacked, destroyed and invaded their country. The Japanese started a reign of terror and hostilities. The helpless civilians suffered slave labor, starvations and atrocities that lasted almost 4 years. Now he writes vivid, candid illustrations and accounts of his boyhood memoirs and experience filled with hates, hardships, sacrifices, tragedies and agonizing uncertainties. A stunning reflection on how fortunate a person can be after surviving years of the darkest pages of events in the history of a nation savaged by a vicious war. After that struggle, he was able to forget and forgive and found peace, romance, love and happiness. The fondest hopes and dreams of an ambitious young man full of ups and downs but still life must go on in peace with freedom in his ...Expand for more