Fidel Segundo

Fidel Ventura Segundo (24 April 1894 – 6 January 1945) was a Filipino brigadier general and World War II hero.

[3][4] Appointed colonel in the newly created Philippine Army in 1936, Segundo led the establishment and training of its field artillery branch.

[5] He was subsequently appointed superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy in August 1941 and served in that post until directed to evacuate Baguio in December 1941.

Despite limited training and armament, his division participated in the defense of southern Luzon and then fought at Bataan until the April 1942 surrender.

[2][5] The segment of the Pan-Philippine Highway immediately north of his hometown of Laoag is named Gen. Fidel V. Segundo Avenue.