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“It has been said that each man lives many lives,”
Carlos Peña Romulo wrote. “The oddity of mine is in their complete diversity. Each might have been lived in a different country and a different age.”
Newspaper editor, army general, university president, ambassador, foreign minister, national artist, president of the United Nations General Assembly—any one of these illustrious positions would be enough to culminate a career or even define a life. Romulo packed all these accomplishments into one legendary lifetime.
Romulo grew up in the town of Camiling in the province of Tarlac. He was born within the Spanish walled city of Intramuros on January 14, 1898, at the twilight of one colonial regime and the dawning of another. His father, Gregorio, fought in the revolution for Philippine independence against Spain and, until surrender, the United States.
In World War II Romulo was aide-de-camp to General Douglas MacArthur. As a journalist he wrote a series of articles, after a to I am a filipino by carlos p romulo.