Juan B. Tudela

As a child, he served as altar server alongside Tomas Aguon Camacho, who would later become the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalan Kanoa.

Saipan was declared secured by the Allied Forces in July, and Tudela's family was relocated to Camp Susupe, where they would remain for the duration of the war and early post-war years.

In his early teens, Tudela left Saipan to attend seminary school on the island of Guam with the intention of becoming an ordained Catholic priest at Father Duenas Memorial School in Dededo but soon returned, becoming a messenger with the Naval Technical Training Unit (NTTU) at NAS Tanapag[citation needed] as the Mariana Islands were transitioning into a post-war naval administrative region.

Tudela supervised the distribution of these resources across the NMI and other members of the TTPI, still recovering from the effects of 1962 Pacific Typhoon season.

[1] His remains were return to Saipan and was buried with full honors and distinction by the CNMI government at Chalan Kanoa cemetery.