Philippines President Manuel L. Quezon
President of the Philippines

Background
Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (MLQ) was born August 19, 1878 in Baler, El Príncipe, Nueva Écija, Captaincy General of the Philippines.

In 1935, Quezon received nearly 68 percent of the vote in the Philippines' first national presidential election under the Nacionalista Party. Quezon was inaugurated in November 1935, is recognized as the second President of the Philippines.

On March 19, 1942 in the early morning embarked aboard PT-41 at Dumaguete on Negros, President Quezon, his wife, two daughters, Vice President and their entourage and luggage and experiences rough seas on the 240-mile voyage and at 6:00am arrives at Oroquieta on Mindanao.

Quezon developed tuberculosis and spent his last years in hospitals. During April 1944 he was a patent at Miami Beach Army hospital.

Memorials
Quezon died August 1, 1944 at 10:05am in a cure cottage in Saranac Lake, New York, less than three weeks before his 66th birthday. Afterwards, his body was held Arlington National Cemetery in the main vault until the end of World War II.

On June 28, 1946 his casket was removed and shipped to San Diego and embarked aboard USS Princeton (CV-37) and departs July 3, 1946 bound for Manila escorted to the Philippines by former Governor-General and High Commissioner Frank Murphy.

On July 17, 1946 permanently buried at Manila North Cemetery. On August 1, 1979 his remains were moved into a tomb at the Quezon Memorial Shrine in Quezon City.

Quezon City, Quezon Province, Quezon Bridge in Manila and Manuel L. Quezon University, and many streets in the Philippines are named in his honor. The Quezon Service Cross, the Philippines' highest civilian honor.

References
FindAGrave - Manuel Luis Quezon (photo, grave photos)
Stars & Stripes "Quezon's Body to be moved" by Associated Press (AP) June 30, 1946
"Washington, June 29 (AP)– The body of the late Manuel Quezon, first president of the Philippine Commonwealth, who died here May [sic August] 1, 1944, was removed from the main vault of Arlington National Cementery yesterday [June 28] to be taken to the Philippines aboard the aircraft carrier Princeton."

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