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US ARMY Lieutenant Moses B. Mohammed ( The Muslim Who Saved Ferdinand Marcos from Death )

Sometime during the war, there were words from town folks in Central Luzon that Ferdinand Marcos (President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986) and his friends were captured by U.S. Army Captain Ray Hunt, a lumberjack in Baguio. According to the reports that were given to U.S. Army Lieutenant Moses B. Mohammed, Captain Ray Hunt was going to kill Marcos and his four friends. Lt. Mohammed didn't waste a single moment and so together with his Filipino USAFFE men, they went to the place where Ferdinand E. Marcos and his four friends were seized by Captain Ray Hunt as enemy combatants. Marcos was with Alfredo Balingao, Cipriano Alas, Narciso Ramos and Alex Disamito. . . all from Pangasinan. Lt. Mohammed saw Marcos and his friends inside the hut, disarmed ,hands-tied and heavily guarded. During the negotiation for Release of Marcos and his friends, Captain Ray Hunt insisted that he is going to kill the five captives because "THEY ARE SPIES AND I WILL KILL THEM ".

Lt. Mohammed said, "HELL NO! I KNOW THAT GUY, (pointing to Marcos). HE IS A STUDENT IN U.P. !"

Captain Ray Hunt replied, " I DON'T CARE, LIEUTENANT ! I'M GONNA KILL 'EM!

Then Lieutenant Moses Mohammed went out and readied his Soldiers. One of his many Soldiers were Pedro Abubo of La Union and Honesto Cumilang of Baguio. After having readied his men, Lt. Mohammed and his men went near the hut where Ferdinand Marcos, Alfredo Balingao, Alex Disamito, Cipriano De Las Alas and Narciso Ramos were about to be executed.

Lt. Mohammed then shouted, " CAPTAIN RAY HUNT !!! LISTEN !! THIS IS LIEUTENANT MOSES MOHAMMED, U S. ARMY ! WE HAVE CORDONED YOUR HUT ! RELEASE THE PRISONERS OR I'LL KILL YOU AND YOUR MEN ! ".

There was a moment of silence.

Lt. Mohammed again shouted, " TEN MINUTES CAPTAIN RAY HUNT ! RELEASE 'EM OR WE'LL START SHOOTIN ' ! ".

Another moments of silence. .

Then the five - Marcos, Ramos, Alas, Disamito, and Balingao came out unhurt. The five captives went to Lt. Moses Mohammed, their hero. There were hugs and hand shakes in gratitude for their Rescue.

Ferdinand Marcos spoke to Lt. Mohammed, " IF WE WIL SURVIVE IN THIS WAR, I WILL LOOK FOR YOU SOMEDAY".

Then the five captives left. Many years after the War, Ferdinand Marcos became a Senator, Narciso Ramos became the Philippine Ambassador to China, Alfredo Balingao became the Governor of Pangasinan, Cipriano De Las Alas became the Congressman of Pangasinan and Alex Disamito became the Mayor of Tayug, Pangasinan. They are our unsung heroes. Marcos, Mohammed, Ramos, Disamito, Balingao, De Las Alas, Abubo and Cumilang all survived the cruel war.

Lt. Mohammed didn't go back to Brooklyn, New York. He married an Ilocana from Laoag, Ilocos Norte.

One day in Manila, Congressman Cipriano De Las Alas and Lt. Moses Mohammed saw each other and after a few moments of talks, Cong. De Las Alas informed Lt. Mohammed to see Ferdinand Marcos at the Malacanang Palace because Marcos, then Philippine President and Narciso Ramos who has been then appointed by Marcos as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs gave him an award.

Lt. Moses Mohammed, being the savior of them all, were pleased that Congressman Cipriano De Las Alas wanted him to see Marcos and felt proud that the man he saved from death is now the President of the Philippines.

Lt. Mohammed humbly replied, "AHH ..IT WAS A CONDUCT OF WAR ".

After many more years, Narciso Ramos' son, Fidel Ramos became the Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos' son, Bong Bong Marcos became a Philippine Senator.

Lt. Moses Mohammed's son, Mel Mohammed became the Writer of this story about gallantry and heroism.

Nadiah 08 (talk) 10:00, 27 December 2017 (UTC) - the daughter of the main writer of this arcticle.