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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nGeneral Luna died (assassinated) at age 32 . He courted Nellie Boustead with whom Rizal was also in love. He and Antonio Luna almost went to a duel. But did not push through because Luna apologized to Rizal for remarks against Nellie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Antonio Luna loved his\u00a0country but has fiery temper, a disciplinarian. He was a good tactician having studied chemistry aside from pharmacy. He merited his military promotions due to his successful battles against American forces. Luna, despite his fiery temper, was generally acknowledged a national or authentic hero who loved his country above all.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 General Del Pilar died at Tirad Pass at age 24.\u00a0 An enemy bullet pierced through his neck while defending Tirad Pass as rearguard of General President Emilio Aguinaldo retreating forces to the North.\u00a0Greg\u00f3rio del Pilar allegedly had half a dozen girls.\u00a0 Among them Neneng Rodrigo; Poleng Leyba; Felicidad Aguinaldo, sister of General Emilio Aguinaldo; Remedios Nable Jos\u00e9. According to story, del Pilar almost got married to a certain Dolores but did not\u00a0 happen due to sudden military movement to defend with his 60 choiced soldiers atTirad Pass.\u00a0 Some consider him not a soldier but a villain. Allegedly a “lover boy” who got his military promotions due to his charm and connections with high authorities. The American General who led the assault at Tirad Pass reportedly returned\u00a0an embroidered handkerchief, as well as a diary, a medal, and other personal\u00a0belongings of Gregorio del Pilar to Dolores. Later, Dolores simply disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Is the boy general or “Goyong,” a hero or a villain? It may be relevant to mention in this connection in an article of mine which was published in a Sunday magazine of a Philippine newspaper “Left Alone in His Glory,\u201d I quoted what Goyong\u00a0wrote in his diary upon receipt of General Emilio Aguinaldo’s order to defend Tirad Pass, to wit:\u00a0“The General has given me a platoon of available men and has ordered me to defend this Pass.\u00a0 I am aware what a difficult task has been given me.\u00a0 Nevertheless, I feel that this is the most glorious moment of my life.\u00a0 I am doing everything for my beloved country.\u00a0 There is no greater sacrifice”.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Methinks personally, the “boy general” is also among our heroes. He stood his ground despite insurmountable odds.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Rudy Arizala Ist Tale: General Antonio Luna General Luna died (assassinated) at age 32 . He courted Nellie Boustead with whom Rizal was also in love. He and Antonio Luna almost went to a duel. But did not push through because Luna apologized to Rizal for remarks against Nellie. Antonio Luna loved his\u00a0country but has fiery…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-history","category-47","category-48","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infanta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infanta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infanta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infanta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infanta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/infanta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/infanta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infanta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infanta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infanta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
2nd Tale: “Boy General” Greg\u00f3rio del Pilar\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/infanta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delpilar.jpg\")
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