I. Passed regular Junior Teacher Civil Service Examinations at age 18 years. Served the Bureau of Public Schools for 39 years as Secondary Teacher, Principal and District Supervisor.
II. Reconnoitered Mt. Baloy for the location of the 61st Division Rear Command Post in December 1941. Went through the Japanese Naval blockade of Cebu in March 1942. Swam and floated for half a day in open sea near Manapla, Negros Occidental. Rescued 42 American Officers, Pilots and ground crew of San Jose, Mindoro airport in the mountains of Bululacao, Mindoro and ferried them to Panay in June 1942. As appointed Mayor of Sibalom in 1944, he prevented Japanese Air Force Captain Kobayashi from commandering 200 chickens, 5 cows, and 3 young ladies. Organized the Antique District Veterans Association comprising of 12 municipalities of the province and the ROLP Antique Chapter.
"In the future you will be called to the colors to defend or fight for your country. Read and learn about the Surrender or Fall of Bataan. As a Japanese Prisoner of War, I have suffered inhuman treatment, starvation, sun drying, bayonet treatment, dock labor, crowding in animal cars and ships' bodegas, and disease. My parting advice is therefore this: NEVER SURRENDER, BUT FIGHT TO THE FINISH IF YOU CAN NOT ESCAPE." - Agaton S. Grasparil
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