Col. Alberto K. Acenas, PAF

Col. Alberto K. Acenas, PAF was born on 15 June 1917 in Alaminos, Pangasinan. Bert is remembered as one of the finest wrestlers of PMA. He joined the PAAC and was assigned with the 9th Obsn Sqdn in Lahug, Cebu, where WWII found him. He prepared the landing fields in Cebu to handle B-17’s until the fall of Bataan. He married Emma Sison and they lived in Quezon City. After the war, he served with the Philippine Air Force and was Commandant of the AFOS before he retired. After his retirement in 1966, Bert was connected to the Philippines Rice and Corn Administration, San Sebastian College, Club Filipino and the Villamor Air Base Restaurant. He died on 28 May 2008 at age 91 in Orlando Florida, USA.

Sources

• "Philippine Military Academy Class of 1940". http://bit.ly/1fNkp02. Date accessed: 24 February 2014.