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Acknowledgments

Waiting for a family of ten and their spouses to finally get their stories and act together, then getting the accounts to flow into a seamless narrative required both the sympathy and expertise of friends and relatives. We owe a debt of appreciation to the following:

Rodolfo Bulatao and Paulynn Paredes Sicam for copy-editing the book manuscript;

Lorna Kalaw-Tirol for a finesse reading of the book;

Vicente L. Rafael for the foreword and the suggestion that the Quimpo siblings together write a family memoir;

Melinda Tria Kerkvliet for her comments and suggestions on the manuscript;

Reine Marie Melvin for helping Ryan edit his chapters;

Nora Sayre, Patricia Westfall, William Frederick, Hugh Culbertson, and Richard McGinn, who were Susan’s writing and academic mentors;

Rody Vera for translating Jun’s letters; and

Herb Fondevilla for making the collages of clippings and photos.

A family history needs documents against which to authenticate dates, places and events and photographs to evoke a sense of the actual incidents related. We are most grateful therefore to the following:

The Henry Luce Foundation and the John Houk Award for providing seed money for travel, research and documentation;

The Rizal Library of the Ateneo de Manila

University for the use of its archives;

The Ohio University Library for the use of its resources, particularly its Southeast Asia Collection;

Filippijnengroep Nederland (FGN) in Utrecht, the Netherlands; Philippine Documentation Center (FIDOC) in Dordrecht, the Netherlands; Philippinenburo in Cologne, Germany; and Philippine Resource Center (PRC) in London, United Kingdom – for the use of their resource materials (Note: Of the four, only FGN continues to operate.);

Lopez Memorial Museum, Bantayog ng mga Bayani, FGN and the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines Museum, Roland Neveu, Fr. Jack Walsh and Fidel Nemenzo – for the use of their photos; and

Jet Birondo-Goddard for helping look for photos.

Finally we thank

Karina Bolasco for her unfailing support and saintly patience in seeing to it that the book manuscript would be finalized and published.