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Departed comrade in arms

Froilan GallardoOctober 18, 20221 min read

IN MEMORIAM. Army Capt. Mary Jephte Manebo touches the bronze marker where the name of her classmate 1LT John Carl Morales, one of the soldiers killed in the 2017 siege is engraved on Monday. Morales was among the 165 soldiers who died in the five-month Marawi Siege. Photo by Froilan Gallardo

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