Lim, Vicente, 1888-1944

林西樓, 1888-1944

found: His To inspire and to lead, 1980:t.p. (Vicente Lim) p. 13, etc. (Vicente P. Lim; b. 2/24/1888; in the Philippines)

found: Frustrated ambition, 2018:ECIP title page (Brigadier General Vicente Lim) data view (the first Filipino graduate of West Point and commanding general of a Philippine Army division on Bataan during World War II) introduction (Vicente Podico Lim; in 1914 he had become the first Filipino to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York) chapter 1 (Army records show Lim's birthday as 5 April 1888, but To Inspire and to Lead, published by the Lim family, gives 24 February 1888. Had Lim acknowledged the latter date, he would not have been eligible to attend the academy; the spelling Vicente was changed from Vincente while Lim was at West Point) chapter 11 (court-martialed by the Japanese and convicted of treason on November 24, 1944 and made the fateful trip to an anonymous grave in Manila North Cemetery a few days later. Lim's remains were never identified; the day of his death was never determined with certainty)