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= Francisco P. Domingo = Francisco "Frank" Palma Domingo was a Filipino general of Philippine Army, an educator, and a covert strategist of intelligence and operations divisions of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, who extensively worked on counter-insurgency and tropical warfare. He spent most of his military career serving anti-communist presidents of the Cold War's Philippine Third Republic.

Early Life
Francisco Domingo was born in Camiling, Tarlac, Philippines. One of the children of Spanish mestiza Genoveva Bravo Palma and Ilocano Romantic zarzuela musician Domingo, both originally from the Ilocos region.

He was known as "Carling" to the people of his home town of Camiling. But later on gained the nickname "Frank" during his career in the military.

Education
He finished his primary and secondary education in Camiling, Tarlac. They later on moved to Central Luzon, in Nueva Ecija. He also spent time in the Hawaiian islands, during the Filipino diaspora to Hawaii of the early 1930s, before going back to the Philippines to finish his studies.

Determined and ambitious to continue his studies in Manila, he moved and stayed with his first cousin, botanist Aurelio Domingo.

In Manila, Domingo entered Far Eastern College (now Far Eastern University) in Quiapo, Manila, where he read history and law for his Associate in Arts degree. Frank was one of Dr. Gregorio F. Zaide’s first students at Far Eastern College. Planning to take up further studies for a Bachelor of Arts degree and Bachelor of Laws, he gave up his dream to be a lawyer, and entered the Philippine Military Academy.

Military Career
Part of the second batch of graduates of the Academy, after graduation, he was awarded the rank of 3LT of the Infantry Regiment of the Philippine Army's 1st Regular Division on 03 October 1941. However, a few months after his induction at the Philippine Army, the Japanese Empire attacked Pearl Harbor and declared their invasion of both mainland and islands Southeast Asia.

On 16 December 1941, Frank and his division were inducted into the US Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE). US Army General Douglas MacArthur combined the defense forces in the Philippines to which were organized into the USAFFE, that eventually included the Philippine Army's 1st Regular Division, 2nd (Constabulary) Division, and 10 mobilized reserve division, and the United States Army's Philippine Department.

With the US and Filipino defense forces defeated at Manila and Bataan, Frank and most of the 1st Regular Division went into hiding in Central Luzon waited for the return of General Douglas MacArthur, wherein they worked secretly providing reconnaissance and surveillance information to US troops based in the Pacific. But in 1944 he suffered malaria and was sent by his elite friends to Manila for medication where he recovered after a few months. Just in time for a planned invasion of US troops in the island of Luzon, Filipino troops who went into hiding in Manila and Central Luzon took their arms and ranks participated in the recapturing of Camp O'Donell in Capas, Tarlac and the liberation confrontation of the Battle of Manila.

After World War II, he excelled in formulating military stratagems and showed exemplary knowledge in military intelligence. As a young Army Captain he participated in the government negotiations between Luis Taruc and government representatives Manuel Manahan and Benigno Aquino, Jr. that led to his unconditional surrender to the government ending the Hukbalahap Rebellion. Having an experience working with insurgents, he worked alongside President Carlos P. Garcia with regard to the problem of communist insurrection in the Philippines. President Garcia was firm in his stance against communism, that he signed a bill outlawing the Communist Party of the Philippines into a law as Republic Act No. 1700 on 19 June 1957.

After his schooling at Infantry Officers Advanced Course in 1958, Frank was sent to the United States to study military intelligence and advanced infantry training. Returning to the Philippines, nothing much was recorded of his military service as he closely worked with Philippine Army's covert counter insurgency tactics.

He served as Inspector General of the Philippine Army from April 1968 to 1969.

Teaching Career
Domingo retired the Armed Forces in 1975. Having a normal life at home, he decided to engage himself into farming and livestock in Central Luzon. Later on, he was called up by his former senior, AFP General Bandril to teach at the Philippine Military Academy. Likewise, due to his wide knowledge of management, he taught administrative organization at Hotel Management division of Hilton International and Hyatt Terraces Hotel in Baguio, Benguet Province. He spent ten (10) years living in Baguio while the rest of his family stayed at Sampaloc, Manila.

By this time, majority of his children were growing–up and started to attend school in Manila and Quezon City. Francisco’s eldest son, a young army officer at that time, Edilberto Domingo (later on retired as Colonel of the Philippine Army) was assigned in Fort Magsaysay, so he occupied for the meantime the provincial house in Santo Rosario, Nueva Ecija.

“Together with my mother we would leave for Baguio on a Friday night and spend the rest of the weekend with my Dad. Come back to Manila by Sunday night bringing home different goods and vegetables,” said Don Carlo S. Domingo, one of his sons.

Personal Life
He was serious man, very observant, and quiet. Francisco was a wide-reader. Reading the newspaper would always be his morning ritual. Fluent in Ilocano, Tagalog, and English, he possessed a vast range of vocabulary. “He owns a complete encyclopedia set and will always learn at least ten words in the dictionary a day”, said Don Carlo. Though he retired as a colorful military official from the armed forces, he lived a simple life with his family in Santo Rosario, Nueva Ecija and Sampaloc, Manila.

He married Felicidad Cariaga Santos-Domingo of Santo Rosario, Nueva Ecija. The couple had sixteen children.

Death
Unfortunately, he suffered from a sudden heart attack in Quiapo Church in Manila, back to the place near where his aspirations and adventure started as a young student at Far Eastern College.